The use of sports to promote the American way of life during the Cold War : cultural propaganda, 1945-1963 / Russ Crawford ; with a foreword by Benjamin G. Rader.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index.

Sport and the American way of life : the American way of life and how sport served to strengthen it -- Molding America's youth : the utility of sport in raising good citizens and future cold warriors -- Chip Hilton, cold warrior : a case study of a fictional athlete who embodied all the positive values that sport and the American way were seen to promote -- Rehabilitating the American way : the NCAA and the myth of purity : when scandal threatened college basketball and football, the NCAA helped preserve the image of clean athletics as part of the American way -- Loyalty test : the opponents of sports and the Cold War : opponents of the Cold War and critics of the American way typically also denigrated the role of sport in the United States -- Opportunities gained : African-Americans and the American way of life : sport aided Black Americans enter the American main stream, and also helped cold warriors defend the nation to the non-aligned world -- Opportunities lost : women and the American way of life : Black athletes gained a role in sport, but women were sidelined -- Epilogue : Bringing it all together : I Spy : the 1965 television series brings together the themes discussed in previous chapters.

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This work investigates the use of sport in the first two decades of the Cold War to resist Communism by strengthening the American Way of Life. Each of the Cold War's key players used athletics as a means of advancing political ideologies. The book also evaluates the gains and losses of minorities in this era.

English.

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