Annotated Bibliography
Library of Congress. The Olympic Games, 1980: Moscow and Lake Placid. : MacMillan Pub. Co, A history of the Olympic Games with special emphasis on the 1980 Olympics
Espy, Richard. The Politics of the Olympic Games. : Univ. of Calif. Press, 1979. Sport as a tool of diplomacy, by sending athletes abroad countries establish a basis for diplomatic relations and the adverse affects of canceling international events.
Hill, Christopher. Olympic Politics Athens to Atlanta 1896-1966. 2nd. ed.: Manchester Univ. Press, History of the Olympic Games including contributions by Dr. Brookes, Otto Zapas and Baron de Coubertin
Goodhart, M.P., Philip, and Christopher Chataway. War Without Weapons. : W.H. Allen & cos, 1968. Observations of Konrad Lorenz on contemporary society's lack of insufficient discharge of aggressive behavior and the increase in violence in society
Snyder, Eldon , and Elmer Spreitzer. Social Aspects of Sports. : Prentice Hall, Sports in school is necessary to transmit the values of the larger society.
Welch, Paula D. History of American Physical Education and Sport. 3rd. ed. Gainesville: Charles C. Thompson, 2004. The importance of sports to help prepare a physically fit youth for war.
Swaddling, Judith . The Ancient Olympic Games. Austin: Univ. Texas, 1980. Background information on the Olympic Games at Athens
Whittington, Michael. The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame. New York: London; Thames: , 2001.
Bunch III, Lonnie G., and Louie Robinson. The Black Olympians, 1904-1984: July 22, 1984-January 15, 1985 (essay.... Los Angeles: Afro-American Museum, 1984.
Comments: