The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of
modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the
Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the
other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in
peace and concord. The Games were initiated in Athens in 1929 and
increasingly became an integral part of the political, cultural and
social life of the area. The common global reality is that when an
athletic event is staged, attempted friendship seldom receives
priority. In the 1930s, however, the Balkan Games provided a rare
example of an international athletic event bringing antagonistic
states together in friendship. This consideration of the
significance of the Balkan Games as an instrument of political
optimism provides clear evidence of the occasional positive
influence of sport in politics. The work is a case-study of
interest to political and social scientists and to historians of
Europe and sport.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the
International Journal of the History of Sport.
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