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The Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929 – 1939: Politicians in Pursuit of Peace book cover

1st Edition

The Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929 – 1939 Politicians in Pursuit of Peace

By Penelope Kissoudi Copyright 2009
212 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

211 Pages
by Routledge
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The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord. The Games were initiated in Athens in 1929 and increasingly became an integral part of the political, cultural and social... Read more

1. Prologue: Argument – the Balkan Games and Political Purpose  2. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Twentieth Century: the Positive and Negative Roles of Sport in Trans-National Relations  3. Balkan Politics: Relations Between the Balkan States in the Interwar Years and the Role of the Great Powers in the Region  4. Sport in the Balkans Prior to the Early 1930's  5. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1929 to 1932  6. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1933 to 1935  7. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1936 to 1939  8. Epilogue: Recapitulation - the Balkan Games as an Instrument of Political Purpose

Biography

Penelope Kissoudi is affiliated with the University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

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