- List of Illustrations*
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Sport, the State, and International Politics
- 2. The Rise of International Sports Organizations
- 3. Democracy and International Sport: The United States
- 4. “Americanizing” the Olympic Games: Los Angeles, 1932
- 5. Dictatorship and International Sport: Nazi Germany
- 6. Between Nazism and Olympism: Berlin, 1936
- 7. The Soviet Union and the Triumph of Soccer
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- * Illustrations:
- International Olympic Committee members in 1930
- Babe Ruth in Tokyo in 1934
- Downtown Los Angeles decked out for the Olympics
- The sophisticated press box at the main stadium in Los Angeles
- Celebrities at the 1932 Games
- Advertising at the 1932 Games
- Japanese Olympians at a drive-in restaurant in Los Angeles, 1932
- Hitler at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
- A horde of cameramen at the Berlin Games
- Spectators at the main stadium in Berlin in 1936
- Jesse Owens signing autographs in 1936
- The Soviet soccer team playing Racing Club in Paris in 1936