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    Seminal work on the role and function of sport during the Cold War era

    The Whole World Was Watching: Sport in the Cold War, edited by Robert Edelman & Christopher Young (Stanford University Press), examines Cold War rivalries through the lens of sporting activities and competitions across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. Our reviewer is historian Kristian Gerner, and he finds that the multifaceted analysis in the book reveals how states as well as individual athletes impacted the development of sport and society in the cold war period.

    The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 37, 2020, Issue 1–2 | Sport and Identity in Modern Spain

    The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: WOMEN PIONEERS IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT: THE CASE OF LILÍ ÁLVAREZ IN FRANCO’S SPAIN by Celia Valiente.
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