Archive for September, 2011

Journal of Olympic History 2/2011

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

The second issue of the Journal of Olympic History focuses on Asia, discussing among others:

* The bid for the 1940 Olympics, won by Tokyo, but then lost to Helsinki due the outbreak of war between Japan and China
* The Chinese bids for the 2000 and 2008 Olympics
* The Olympic dreams of Malaysia and Turkey