Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World

In Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World, Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Maraniss takes us to the beginning of the Olympic Games as we know them today. Maraniss looks at how the first commercially televised Olympic Games did much more than entertain an international audience. As Maraniss explains, the sporting arena-and then the television screen-became a stage upon which nations waged battles of racial, cultural, and political significance... read more

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