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Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy Hardcover - 2016
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- Title Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Author Toby C. Rider
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date 2016-05
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780252040238 / 0252040236
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, United States - Social conditions - 1945-
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015037811
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.48
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