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Rome, 1960
The Olympics That Changed the World
By Maraniss, David
- ISBN
- 978-1-41653-408-2
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- S. & S.
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Reviewed on February 3, 2011
"The progress of humankind has depended on mental richness, moral cleanliness, and physical development." Hey, good words and quite true. Funny, though, it was Nikita Khruschev who said them. A man who cared little for sport unless it was shouting and a shoe-banging match (these were most frequently held at the UN in the Sixties), Nikki was part of the backdrop of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. While it is difficult to imagine an Olymics without politics, propaganda, steroids, scandal, and massive amounts of money, Pulitzer Prize winner Maraniss explains that 1960 was, as Frank Zappa would put it,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onFebruary 3, 2011 | Booksmack!
"The progress of humankind has depended on mental richness, moral cleanliness, and physical development." Hey, good words and quite true. Funny, though, it was Nikita Khruschev who said them. A man who cared little for sport unless it was shouting and a shoe-banging match (these were most frequently held at the UN in the Sixties), Nikki was part of the backdrop of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. While it is difficult to imagine an Olymics without politics, propaganda, steroids, scandal, and massive amounts of money, Pulitzer Prize winner Maraniss explains that 1960 was, as Frank Zappa would put it,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
