Defending the American Way of Life

Defending the American Way of Life
Author :
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages : 318
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781682260760
ISBN-13 : 1682260763
Rating : 4/5 (763 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Defending the American Way of Life by : Kevin B. Witherspoon

Download or read book Defending the American Way of Life written by Kevin B. Witherspoon and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2019 NASSH Book Award, Anthology. The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of citizens in nonaligned states through the soft power of sport. Athletes became de facto ambassadors of US interests, their wins and losses serving as emblems of broader efforts to shield American culture—both at home and abroad—against communism. In Defending the American Way of Life, leading sport historians present new perspectives on high-profile issues in this era of sport history alongside research drawn from previously untapped archival sources to highlight the ways that sports influenced and were influenced by Cold War politics. Surveying the significance of sports in Cold War America through lenses of race, gender, diplomacy, cultural infiltration, anti-communist hysteria, doping, state intervention, and more, this collection illustrates how this conflict remains relevant to US sporting institutions, organizations, and ideologies today.


Defending the American Way of Life Related Books

Defending the American Way of Life
Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Kevin B. Witherspoon
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-01 - Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Winner, 2019 NASSH Book Award, Anthology. The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing t
The American Way of Life
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: Lawrence R. Samuel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-25 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Telling the full story of the American Way of Life (or more simply the American Way) in the United States over the course of the last century reveals key insigh
The American Way of Strategy
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Michael Lind
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-30 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In The American Way of Strategy, Lind argues that the goal of U.S. foreign policy has always been the preservation of the American way of life--embodied in civi
Selling the American Way
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Laura A. Belmonte
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-01 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1955, the United States Information Agency published a lavishly illustrated booklet called My America. Assembled ostensibly to document "the basic elements o
The American Way of Eating
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Tracie McMillan
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-21 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A journalist traces her 2009 immersion into the national food system to explore how working-class Americans can afford to eat as they should, describing how she