Alle Kategorien
Bücher
Schule & Lernen
(Land-)Karten
Schreibwaren
Kalender
Spielzeug
Gesellschaftsspiele
0,00 €
Cover: 9781801501354 | Synthetic Medals | East German Athletes' Journey to Hell | Tudor
Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.
Synthetic Medals
East German Athletes' Journey to Hell
Buch von Joseph Tudor
Sprache: Englisch

24,25 €

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:
Beschreibung
The shocking real-life story of the state-imposed doping of East German athletes - told for the first time in full In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, Synthetic Medals reveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.
The shocking real-life story of the state-imposed doping of East German athletes - told for the first time in full In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, Synthetic Medals reveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.
Über den Autor
Joseph Tudor is an Italian-British educator who specializes in tutoring special needs children. He holds a degree in science and one in humanities and has taught chemistry and history for more than 20 years. He has a long-standing interest in the Cold War period and has studied it extensively through many visits to the former East Germany. He has published a book on the topic in Italian. Synthetic Medals is his first work in English.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Lexika & Handbücher
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781801501354
ISBN-10: 1801501351
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Tudor, Joseph
Hersteller: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 219 x 140 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Joseph Tudor
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,356 kg
Artikel-ID: 121295102
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um eine bestmögliche Erfahrung bieten zu können. Mehr Informationen ...