TY - JOUR
T1 - Strenuous competition on the field of play, diplomacy off it
T2 - the 1908 London Olympics, Theodore Roosevelt and Arthur Balfour, and transatlantic relations
AU - Rofe, J. Simon
AU - Tomlinson, Alan
PY - 2016/2/4
Y1 - 2016/2/4
N2 - Through the lens of the 1908 Summer Olympic Games, and the sport-based ideals and philiospohies of the US president Roosevelt and the UK prime minister Balfour, this article explores the nature of transatlantic relations. It shows how views of sport cross into the political sphere and can be used in serious diplomatic relations and strategies.
AB - Through the lens of the 1908 Summer Olympic Games, and the sport-based ideals and philiospohies of the US president Roosevelt and the UK prime minister Balfour, this article explores the nature of transatlantic relations. It shows how views of sport cross into the political sphere and can be used in serious diplomatic relations and strategies.
U2 - 10.1017/S1537781415000614
DO - 10.1017/S1537781415000614
M3 - Article
SN - 1537-7814
VL - 15
SP - 60
EP - 79
JO - The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
JF - The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
IS - 1
ER -