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Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945 (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace) by Heather L. Dichter, Andrew L. Johns is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945 (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace) about?
How events like the Olympics and World Cup have affected international relations: "A significant contribution to historical knowledge and understanding." ?Peter J. Beck, author of Scoring for Britain International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are otherwise divided by history, ethnicity, or politics. In many countries, popular athletes have become diplomatic envoys. Sport is an arena in which international conflict and compromise find expression, yet the impact of sports on foreign relations has not been widely studied by scholars. In Diplomatic Games, a team of international scholars examines how the nexus of sports and foreign relations has driven political and cultural change since 1945, demonstrating how governments have used athletic competition to maintain and strengthen alliances, promote policies, and increase national prestige. The contributors investigate topics such as China's use of sports to oppose Western imperialism, the ways
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- Author
- Heather L. Dichter, Andrew L. Johns
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813145648
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sports, Political Science, Anthropology
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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