Militarism, Sport, Europe

by Mangan,J A

• ISBN13: 9780714682952
• ISBN10: 0714682950
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-06-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Virtually everywhere, directly or indirectly, modern men are prepared for war through sport. It has been no different in the past. Throughout history a constant imperative has been a moral commitment to defend the society. Sport has played its part in the inculcation of this commitment. However, sport has also been considered both a substitute for war and an antidote to war. This collection explores the relationship between sport and war and brings together established authors, including Peter J Beck, Hans Bonde, Vassil Girginov, J A Mangan, John McClelland and Gertrud Pfister, and emerging authors such as Steve Bailey, Penelope Kissoudi, Orestis Kustrin, Callum McKenzie, Alethea Melling, Antonio Misseroli, Hamad Ndee and Roberta Vescori.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Tables	viii
Prologue: Combative Sports and Combative Societies	1	(9)
J.A. Mangan
From the Battlefield to the Arena: Gladiators, Militarism and the Roman Republic	10	(18)
Donald G. Kyle
Lasting Legacy? Spartan Life as a Germanic Educational Ideal: Karl Otfried Muller and Die Dorier	28	(18)
Orestis Kustrin
J.A. Mangan
Ball Games, from the Roman Gentleman to the Renaissance Warrior	46	(19)
John McClelland
Military Drill -- Rather more than `Brief and Basic': English Elementary Schools and English Militarism	65	(32)
J.A. Mangan
Hamad S. Ndee
`Pig Sticking is the Greatest Fun': Martial Conditioning on the Hunting Fields of Empire	97	(23)
J.A. Mangan
Callum McKenzie
Wartime Opportunities: Ladies' Football and the First World War Factories	120	(22)
Ali Melling
Antidote to War: The Balkan Games	142	(24)
Penelope Kissoudi
Children into Soldiers: Sport and Fascist Italy	166	(21)
Roberta Vescovi
Confronting George Orwell: Philip Noel-Baker on International Sport, Particularly the Olympic Movement, as Peacemaker	187	(21)
Peter J. Beck
Compromise and Confrontation: Danish Sport under the Swastika	208	(15)
Hans Bonde
Cold War Diplomats in Tracksuits: The Frauleinwunder of East German Sport	223	(30)
Gertrud Pfister
Fitness `Wars': Purpose and Politics in Communist State-Building	253	(28)
Vassil Girginov
Epilogue: Many Mansions and Many Architectural Styles	281	(6)
J.A. Mangan
Notes on Contributors	287	(3)
Abstracts	290	(6)
Select Bibliography	296	(15)
Index	311