The Politics of the Olympic Games

“Espy covers the threat that posed to the IOC and the way the IOC then tried to bring under their wing all the Asian countries. That all fitted very nicely with Pierre de Coubertin’s plan of using the “sportification” of the world and particularly, the sportification of Africa, since he saw sport, western sport, as a civilizing influence.” Read more...

The best books on The Dark Side of the Olympics

Helen J Lenskyj, Social Scientist