CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Urban, State, and National Capital: Buying, Paying for, and Selling the Games

3. The Legacy of Berlin 1936 and the German Past: Problems and Possibilities

4. Germany on the Drawing Board: Architecture, Design, and Ceremony

5. After “1968”: 1972 and the Youth of the World

6. East versus West: German-German Sporting Tensions from Hallstein to Ostpolitik

7. The End of the Games: Germany, the Middle East, and the Terrorist Attack

8. Conclusion: Olympic Legacies

Notes

Bibliography

Index