TY - GEN T1 - The 1972 Munich Olympics and the making of modern Germany T2 - Weimar and now ; A1 - Schiller, Kay A2 - Young, Christopher, 1967- LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn656359238 AB - The 1972 Munich Olympics--remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team--were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered 11 members of the Israeli team. In the first cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, Kay Schiller and Christopher Young set these Games into both the context of 1972 and the history of the modern Olympiad. Delving into newly available documents, Schiller and Young chroni. OP - 348 CN - GV722 1972 .S35 2010eb SN - 9780520947580 SN - 0520947584 SN - 9780520262133 SN - 0520262131 SN - 9780520262157 SN - 0520262158 SN - 9786612660832 KW - Olympic Games : (20th : : 1972 : : Munich, Germany) : History. KW - Olympic Games KW - Terrorism : Germany : Munich. KW - Athletes : Violence against : Germany : Munich. KW - Germany : Politics and government : 20th century. KW - Terrorisme : Allemagne : Munich. KW - Allemagne : Politique et gouvernement : 20e siècle. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : Olympics. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : History. KW - Politics and government KW - Terrorism KW - Germany KW - Germany : Munich KW - 1900-1999 KW - Athletes : Violence against : Germany : Munich KW - Terrorism : Germany : Munich KW - terrorisme : Jeux olympiques d'été (20 ; 1972 ; Munich) KW - politique : Jeux olympiques : Allemagne : 1972 KW - History ER -