The Games

The Games traces Britain's great Olympic and Paralympic past through powerful narrative, striking anecdotes and over 250 compelling original images. It captures the individual atmosphere of past Games across the world, from 1930s Berlin to 1980s Moscow, Sydney in the Millennium to Beijing's Birds Nest in 2008, and explores the explosion of interest in the Paralympic Games. London's previous roles as host, rescuing the Games in 1904 after Vesuvius erupted and battling with postwar austerity in 1948, are considered both as contemporaries saw them and from a historical perspective, as are individual stories of British medal winners. The final chapter focuses upon the preparations for London 2012 events, from individual athletes to the radical keynotes of sustainability and regeneration, and shows how London 2012 will both strengthen and refresh Britain's historic Olympic ties.

ISBN 1119973139   Pages 288 ISBN13 9781119973133 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1650 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc   Published in New York Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc   Height (mm) 276 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 255 Publication date 04 Nov 2011   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY 796.48   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, General DEWEY edition DC22

Foreword 7 Introduction 11 Photo Credits 14 Early Days 16 The 1908 Olympic Games 46 Gathering Strength 86 The London 1948 Games 112 Post-war Blues 148 Riding The Storm 176 An Evolving Games 204 From There to Here 232 Great Expectations 262 Acknowledgements 278 Index 280

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