false <![CDATA[Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World]]> 2219561 2 From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics, eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeat<P>David Maraniss draws compelling portraits of the athletes competing in Rome, including some of the most honored in Olympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, and Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, who at eighteen seized the world stage for the first time, four years before he became Muhammad Ali.<P>Along with these unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those late-summer days at the dawn of the sixties. Change was apparent everywhere. The world as we know it was coming into view.<P>Rome saw the first doping scandal, the first commercially televised Summer Games, the first athlete paid for wearing a certain brand of shoes. Old-boy notions of Olympic amateurism were crumbling and could never be taken seriously again. In the heat of the cold war, the city teemed with spies and rumors of defections. Every move was judged for its propaganda value. East and West Germans competed as a unified team less than a year before the Berlin Wall.There was dispute over the two Chinas. An independence movement was sweeping sub-Saharan Africa, with fourteen nations in the process of being born. There was increasing pressure to provide equal rights for blacks and women as they emerged from generations of discrimination.<P>Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, Maraniss reveals the rich palate of character, competition, and meaning that gave Rome 1960 its singular essence. 2225353 1 7 2008 Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World total:139|5:22|4:56|3:48|2:9|1:4| 139 500 373 50 4 1 false false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:59:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:01:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 09:11:28 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 09:14:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 02 18:21:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:21:50 -0700 2009 dec...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:59:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:59:05 -0800 2009 David Maraniss has demonstrated great range throughout his writing career. His latest effort is a timely and, for the most part, a well executed look at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Although the book's subtitle may be a bit of a reach, Maraniss has much to say about the implications of the Rome Games as ...

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