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International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972–2020

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  1. Austin Duckworth

    1. Austin, USA

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  • Discusses how Olympic security concerns changed forever following the 1972 Games
  • Demonstrates the evolving role of international politics in Olympic security planning
  • Presents potential future trends in Olympic security planning

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics (PASSP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Growth of the Olympics as International Spectacle

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 17-31

  4. Passing the Torch, 1972–1980

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 33-64

  5. International Liaison and the 1984 Olympic Games

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 65-97

  6. “Decisive Political Ways”: The 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 99-123

  7. “A Most Spectacular Example of Cross-Border Collaboration”: Albertville and Barcelona

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 125-147

  8. Atlanta Attacked: The Centennial Park Bombing

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 149-171

  9. Technology and Pandemics: The Post-2000 Olympic Games

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 173-196

  10. Conclusion

    • Austin Duckworth
    Pages 197-201

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 203-206
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About this book

Drawing on new archival documents and interviews, this book demonstrates the evolving role of international politics in Olympic security planning. Olympic security concerns changed forever following the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) choice to ignore security after the attack in Munich left individual Olympic Games Organizing Committees to organize, fund, and provide security for the major international event. Future Olympic hosts planned security amidst increasing numbers of international terrorist attacks, and with the Cold War in full swing. For some Olympic hosts, Olympic security now represented their nation’s largest ever military operations. By the time the IOC made security more of a priority in the early 1980s, the trends in Olympic security were set for the future.

 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Austin, USA

    Austin Duckworth

About the author

Austin Duckworth is an independent scholar who most recently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, USA in Physical Culture and Sports Studies. His research interests are international relations, security, and sport.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972–2020

  • Authors: Austin Duckworth

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05133-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05132-6Published: 25 August 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05135-7Published: 26 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05133-3Published: 24 August 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2365-998X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-9998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Modern History, Sport Science , Political History

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