Beyond Boycotts: Sport during the Cold War in Europe

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2018

Beyond Boycotts

Sport during the Cold War in Europe

Edited by: Philippe Vonnard , Nicola Sbetti and Grégory Quin

Volume 1 in the series Rethinking the Cold War

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110529098

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About this book

Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the US and Soviet sport diplomacy and show ow the government of these two countries have used sport during this period, notably as a tool of "soft power" during the Olympic games.

Our goal is to continue in this direction and to focus more on the sport field as a place of exchanges during the Cold War. Regarding this point, our aim is to show that there were events "beyond boycotts"many and that unknown connections existed inside sport. Morevoer, many actors were involved in these exchanges. Thus, it is important not only to focus on the action of States, but also on private actors (international sporting bodies and journalists), considering that they acted around sport (an "apolitic" field) as it was tool to maintain links between the two blocs.

Our project offers a good opportunity for young scholars to present original research based on new materials (notably the use of institutional or personals archives). Morevoer, it is also a step forward with a view to conduct research within a global history paradigm, one that is still underused in sport academic fields.

Author / Editor information

Philippe Vonnard, University of Lausanne; Nicola Sbetti, University of Bologna; Grégory Quin, University of Lausanne

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Philippe Vonnard, Nicola Sbetti and Grégory Quin Open Access Download PDF	1
First Part. Creating relations between European states. Sport as tool of diplomacy
Playing at the border of the Cold War The case of the city of Trieste (1945–1948) Nicola Sbetti Open Access Download PDF	17
An Even Colder War? Specialization and Scientization in the Training methods for Cross-Country Skiing from the 1940s in Sweden and the Soviet Union Daniel Svensson and Anna Åberg Open Access Download PDF	33
Athletes of Diplomacy Francoism, Sport and the Cold War during the 1960s Juan Antonio Simón Open Access Download PDF	55
Second part. A European space of exchanges. Crossing the Iron Curtain with sport
The emergence of Europe-wide collaboration and competition Soviet sports interactions in Europe. 1945–mid-1960s Sylvain Dufraisse Open Access Download PDF	71
Building bridges between separated Europeans The role of UEFA’s competitions in East-West exchanges (1955–1964) Philippe Vonnard and Kevin Marston Open Access Download PDF	85
Cooperation and conflict The case of the European Sports Conference in the 1970s and 1980s Stefan Scholl Open Access Download PDF	109
Third Part. Globalizing sport. Europe as a site of international sporting diplomacy
“Shooting Hoops with Foreign Teams” Basketball Ambassadors on US Military Bases in France (1916–1961) François Doppler-Speranza Open Access Download PDF	135
The Ghana Young Pioneers Intertwining global connections to build a Pan-Africanist youth Claire Nicolas Open Access Download PDF	157
“The Russian deadpan expert” vs “America’s white hope” The personal, the national, and the global in the “Cold War” of chess Souvik Naha Open Access Download PDF	179
A forgotten “ping-pong diplomacy”? About the Chinese ping-pong players’ tour of Switzerland (1972) Quentin Tonnerre and Grégory Quin Open Access Download PDF	195
Afterword Martin Polley Open Access Download PDF	213
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	219
Contributors (by alphabetical order) Open Access Download PDF	229
Index Open Access Download PDF	233

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 234
Keywords: Sport history; Cold War; Diplomacy; Entanglements

eBook

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110529098

Hardcover

Published: January 9, 2018
ISBN: 9783110526660

Paperback

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110684292