Rome 1960
The Summer Olympics That Stirred the World
Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · July 14, 2009
From the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seventeen days that helped define the modern world.
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- Who it’s for
- A suspenseful account of Rome 1960, where sport, politics, and modern media converged.
- Themes
- Olympic history, Sports and politics, Civil rights
- Genres
- Olympics, 20th-Century History, Italian History
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seventeen days that helped define the modern world.
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Legendary athletes and stirring events are interwoven into a suspenseful narrative of sports and politics at the Rome games, where Cold War propaganda and spies, drugs and sex, money and television, civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the future of the Olympics. Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, Maraniss reveals the rich palette of character, competition, and meaning that gave Rome 1960 its impactful and unique essence.
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A suspenseful account of Rome 1960, where sport, politics, and modern media converged.
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- Olympic competition tangled with Cold War politics and cultural change
- Seventeen days that helped define the modern world
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- A sweeping narrative of athletes, competition, and the forces reshaping the Olympics
- Sports history with a broad political and cultural frame
Where it sits
| Olympics | 88% |
|---|---|
| Italian History | 47% |
| 20th-Century History | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- World History
- 21st-Century History
- Sports History
- Authors
- David Maraniss
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- July 14, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Olympic history · Sports and politics · Civil rights
- Reading lane
- World History