Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany /

"The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maraniss, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Philomel Books, 2019.
Subjects:	Olympic Games. Olympics > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Olympics > Political aspects > Germany > Juvenile literature. Basketball teams > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Olympics > History > 20th century. Olympics > Political aspects > Germany. Basketball teams. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Olympics & Paralympics. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Holocaust. Olympics. United States. 1900-1999 Young adult literature. Informational works. History. Juvenile works.

Table of Contents:

One man stood alone
A sinister fac̦ade
Inventing a game
Do good and be pure
Man on a mission
The boycott question
Meddling in the Olympics
Mirror, mirror
Hollywood stars
Unrefined
Big time
Choices
On their own
You can't beat fun
Welcome to Germany
The anvil and the hammer
The grandest show
Village people
Witnesses to history
Neutral zone
110,000 bored Germans
Tournament time
Strangest game ever
Center of the universe
Full circle
Afterword: Putting the pieces together
All-time Olympic basketball results. 1936 Team USA roster ; 1936 Berlin Olympics: day-by-day.