Book description
The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought together athletes, politicians,
socialites, journalists, soldiers and artists from all over the world.
But behind the scenes, they were a dress rehearsal for the horrors of
the forthcoming conflict. Hitler had secretly decided the Games would
showcase Nazi prowess and the unwitting athletes became helpless pawns
in his sinister political game. Berlin Games explores the machinations
of a wide cast of characters, including sexually incontinent Nazis,
corrupt Olympic officials, transvestite athletes and the mythic figure
of Jesse Owens. By illuminating the dark, controversial recesses of
the world's greatest sporting spectacle, Guy Walters throws shocking
new light on the whole of Europe's troubled pre-war period.
'A superb account of the hijacking of the Olympic Games by the Nazis'
Guy Walters is the author of three bestselling wartime thrillers
The Traitor, The Leader
and
The Occupation
, all of which have been published in USA, Holland, Japan and France. He
recently co-edited
The Voice for War
an anthology of WW2 memoirs. He was a journalist on
The Times
for eight years and regularly contributes to the
Daily Mail
.
