Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936

David Clay Large

W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2007 - History - 401 pages

Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world.

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Review: Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936

User Review  - Vchb - Goodreads

While the title is accurate, I was about half-way through when I realized that the author would enlighten us about both the Winter and Summer Games, both hosted by Germany. The beginning chapters give ...

Review: Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936

User Review  - Christina - Goodreads

I really wanted to like this book. It sounded so interesting, so I kept reading one boring chapter after another. The details were all there, but wow, pretty dry delivery and way too many of them. I made it halfway and then quit.

About the author

David Clay Large is professor of history at Montana State University and the author of Berlin (2000) and Where Ghosts Walked: Munichrsquo;s Road to the Third Reich (1997).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936
• Author: David Clay Large
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2007
• ISBN: 0393058840, 9780393058840
• Length: 401 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Germany; Sports & Recreation / History; Sports & Recreation / Olympics