"During the Cold War, sport was used as a means of diplomacy between the two blocks, allowing exchanges between East and West across the Iron Curtain. Focusing on Europe, this book offers new insights in sports history, a growing research field, which up to know offered relative…
On June 22, 1974, East and West German national football teams met for the first international game of the FIFA World cup. Played in Hamburg, the game ended with an East German victory of 1-0, after a goal scored by Jürgen Sparwasser. This game symbolized how sport could subvert…
"During the Cold War, sport was used as a means of diplomacy between the two blocks, allowing exchanges between East and West across the Iron Curtain. Focusing on Europe, this book offers new insights in sports history, a growing research field, which up to know offered relative…
A comprehensive but concise historical dictionary, which defines modern Europe through its important events and people. It offers accessible definitions of nearly 1000 separate items and is extensively cross-referenced. It provides associated links and connections while the appe…
A comprehensive historical dictionary which defines Modern Europe through its important events and people. It is cross-referenced and thus provides associated links and connections.
"A-Z of Modern Europe since 1789 is a comprehensive historical dictionary which defines modern Europe through its important events and people. It includes entries on: key people from Napoleon Bonaparte to Hitler; key political, military, diplomatic and economic events; and influ…