Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games

"Dichter offers a fresh perspective on a still under-researched area of NATO history. The book is clear and well-written. The chronological structure allows non-specialist readers to follow the intricacies of the various negotiations and to understand how each small decision pushed the alliance and its members toward closer cooperation in support of the free movement of athletes."—Linda Risso, American Historical Review

"Dichter provides a thorough, in-depth analysis of the situation, drawing heavily on primary source materials in a relatively short but fascinating read."—CHOICE

"A testament to the power of deep archival research, Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games reveals that the diplomacy of international sport and the diplomacy of the Cold War were flipsides of the same coin."—Timothy Andrews Sayle, author of Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order

"Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games will appeal to a wide range of sports historians, as well as scholars and students interested in the cultural history of the Cold War, especially during that always fascinating decade, the 1960s.”—Alan McDougall, author of The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany

"[F]ew historians will be able to match Dichter’s abilities as a linguist and practitioner of international history. Crafted from archives in eight countries with deftly combined storylines, Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games sets a high bar for scholars of sports diplomacy."—Joseph Eaton, Journal of Sport History