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Sport under Communism : behind the East German "miracle"

Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this text uncovers why East Germany was for two decades running one of the most successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, and explores how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes

Print Book, English, 2012
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2012