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The Olympics

The Olympics are the only event in human civic life that brings together every nation on the planet on a fixed schedule for two weeks. The 2024 Paris Games...

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The Olympics are the only event in human civic life that brings together every nation on the planet on a fixed schedule for two weeks. The 2024 Paris Games included athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees plus the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. No United Nations summit, no World Bank meeting, no global cultural festival approaches that scope. Key sections include: The Olym pic s.; Opening The four-year theatre.; Chapter I Olympia, 776 BCE.; Chapter II The first modern games.; Chapter III The chaotic second.; Chapter IV The post-war reset.; Chapter V Jesse Owens.; Chapter VI The London austerity games.; Chapter VII The Soviet entry.; Chapter VIII The Black Power salute..

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  1. 01The Olym pic s.
  2. 02Opening The four-year theatre.
  3. 03Chapter I Olympia, 776 BCE.
  4. 04Chapter II The first modern games.
  5. 05Chapter III The chaotic second.
  6. 06Chapter IV The post-war reset.
  7. 07Chapter V Jesse Owens.
  8. 08Chapter VI The London austerity games.
  9. 09Chapter VII The Soviet entry.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The Black Power salute.
  11. 11Chapter IX The massacre.
  12. 12Chapter X The financial cautionary tale.
  13. 13Chapter XI 1980 Moscow, 1984 LA.
  14. 14Chapter XII Ben Johnson and the doping era.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Dream Team and the post-Cold War games.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The centennial.
  17. 17Chapter XV The best-organised modern Games.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The home-coming Games.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The state-power demonstration.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII The legacy games.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Russian doping, exposed.
  22. 22Chapter XX The South American debut.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The pandemic Games.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The Seine opening.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The next host.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV The smaller Olympics.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The parallel movement.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI The chemical history.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The host-city trap.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII Twenty-five works.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX Watch & read.
  32. 32The end of the deck.
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2026-05-15
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