TY  - BOOK
AU  - Large,David Clay
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Munich 1972: tragedy, terror, and triumph at the Olympic Games 
AV  - HV6433.G32 L37 2012eb
U1  - 364.152/30943364 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad
KW  - Olympic Games
KW  - (20th
KW  - 1972
KW  - Munich, Germany)
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Germany
KW  - Munich
KW  - Athletes
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Israelis
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes index; Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter One: The Decision for Munich Chapter 3 Chapter Two: "We Just Slid Into It": Planning and Building for Munich '72 Chapter 4 Chapter Three: On the Eve of the Games Chapter 5 Chapter Four: Let the Games Begin Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Invasion of the Sanctuary Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Battlefield F?rstenfeldbruck Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Games Go On; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book offers the first comprehensive narrative history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the hostage taking by Palestinian terrorists of Jewish athletes and their tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by German police. Drawing on a wealth of contemporaneous sources, including recently opened files in the German and Olympic archives, eminent historian David Clay Large offers a comprehensive exploration of the 1972 festival. He interweaves the political drama surrounding the Games with the athletic spectacle in the arena of play, itself hardly free of political controversy. Writing with flair and an eye for telling detail, Large brings to life the stories of the indelible characters who epitomized the Games, ranging from the city itself to the visionaries who brought the Games to Munich against all odds to the athletes, obscure and famous alike. With the Olympic movement in constant danger of terrorist disruption, and with the fortieth anniversary of the 1972 tragedy upon us in 2012, the Munich story is more timely than ever"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10556425
ER  -