Sport and Statecraft in the United States
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History and Public Policy Program
Toby C. Rider, author of Cold War Games, explains the United States’ government’s use of sport as a tool of statecraft in the early Cold War years. The US government tried to project an appealing image of American ideals and culture through the medium of sport.
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