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Discover how Cold War sports were more than just games â they were ideological battlegrounds. Through key events like the Fischerâ Spassky chess match, the 1972 Olympic basketball final, the 1978 FIFA World Cup and many others, this book explores how athletes became unwitting ambassadors in the political clash between the USA and the USSR.

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Discover how Cold War sports were more than just games â they were ideological battlegrounds. Through key events like the Fischerâ Spassky chess match, the 1972 Olympic basketball final, the 1978 FIFA World Cup and many others, this book explores how athletes became unwitting ambassadors in the political clash between the USA and the USSR.
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Joseph Tudor is an Italian-British educator who lives in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. He specialises in tutoring children with special needs. He holds a degree in both science and humanities, as well as an MSc and a PGCE. Tudor has a long-standing interest in the Cold War period and has studied it extensively on location through many visits to the former East Germany. In 2022, he wrote Synthetic Medals - also published by Pitch.