Virtually everywhere, directly or indirectly, modern men are prepared for war through sport. It has been no
different in the past. Throughout history a constant imperative has been a moral commitment to defend the society. Sport has played its part in the inculcation of this commitment.
However, sport has also been considered both a substitute for war and an antidote to war. This collection explores the relationship between sport and war and brings together established authors, including Peter J Beck, Hans Bonde, Vassil Girginov, J A Mangan, John McClelland and Gertrud Pfister, and emerging authors such as Steve Bailey, Penelope Kissoudi, Orestis Kustrin, Callum McKenzie, Alethea Melling, Antonio Misseroli, Hamad Ndee and Roberta Vescori.
Edited by:
J A Mangan
Series edited by:
Boria Majumdar (University of Central Lancashire UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9780714653600
ISBN 10: 0714653608
Series: Sport in the Global Society
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 29 June 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Prologue - combative sports and combative societies, J.A. Mangan; from the battlefield to the arena - gladiators, militarism and the Roman republic, Donald G. Kyle; lasting legacy? spartan life as a Germanic educational ideal - Karl Otfried Muller and Die Dorier, Orestis Kustrin and J.A. Mangan; ball games, from the Roman gentleman to the Renaissance warrior, John McClelland; military drill - rather more than brief and basic - English elementary schools and English militarism, J.A. Mangan and Callum McKenzie; wartime opportunities - ladies' football and the First World War factories, Ali Melling; antidote to war - the Balkan games, Penelope Kissoudi; children into soldiers - sport and fascist Italy, Roberta Vescovi; confronting George Orwell - Philip Noel-Baker on international sport, particularly the Olympic movement, as peacemaker, Peter J. Beck; compromise and confrontation - Danish sport under the swastika, Hans Bonde; Cold War diplomats in tracksuits - the Frauleinwunder of East German sport, Gertrud Pfister; fitness wars - purpose and politics in communist state-building, Vassil Girginov; epilogue - many mansions and many architectural styles, J.A. Mangan.
J.A. Mangan is Director of the International Research Centre for Sport, Socialization and Society at the De Montfort University (Bedford), and author and editor of many books. He is founder and General Editor of the Cass series Sport in the Global Society and founding and executive academic editor of the Cass journals The International Journal of the History of Sport; Culture, Sport, Society; Soccer and Society; and The European Sports History Review.
