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The 1948 Olympics: How London Rescued the Games
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Product Description
The 1948 Olympics were the first of the post-war era. Britain was still suffering the after effects of the war: rationing still in operation, bomb sites remained throughout London and other major cities. Yet London took on the Games and staged them very successfully. There was no election of London as the chosen venue - the IOC decided on London without any vote. This book tells how the Games were managed, and their economic, political and social significance, including first-hand recollections of many of the competitors and of the press correspondents.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #59540 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-04
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Simon Redfern, The Independent on Sunday
...impeccably researched and thoughtfully written...
The Observer
Excellent... well-timed.
Frank Keating, The Spectator
...the unputdownable How London Rescued the Games (SportsBooks, £16.99) by the venerable sporting historian Bob Phillips. It is dense in rewarding detail, never more so than in this single, short chapter headed `The Cost and the Profit', the organising committee's closing budget report, published in 1951.
