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Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974, written by Stefan Huebner

Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974, written by Stefan Huebner (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2016). 416 pp. $42.00 (paper).Over the past decade, attention to the diplomatic significance of international sports competitions has been growing within the fields of history and international relations. With Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974, Stefan Huebner makes a significant contribution to research on that topic, as well as, more broadly, to the fields of international history and histories of sports and Pan-Asianism. The myth that sport transcends politics is integral to international competition, but this study of regional games demonstrates how both international relations and the domestic politics of the host countries were integrated deeply in athletics. This book’s expansive research base—drawing on sources in several languages from archives in Germany, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and several cities in the United States—makes for a truly international history, with a richness of detail that extends evenly through eight chapters treating seven Asian countries.Huebner’s detailed descriptions of the planning and implementation of the prewar Far Eastern Championship Games (fecg) and West Asian Games and their postwar successors—the Asian Games held from 1951 to 1974—show how national leaders in each host country used sports to promote http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974, written by Stefan Huebner

Abel, Jessamyn R.
Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 24 (2-3): 3 – Sep 12, 2017
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/18765610-02402002
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(Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2016). 416 pp. $42.00 (paper).Over the past decade, attention to the diplomatic significance of international sports competitions has been growing within the fields of history and international relations. With Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974, Stefan Huebner makes a significant contribution to research on that topic, as well as, more broadly, to the fields of international history and histories of sports and Pan-Asianism. The myth that sport transcends politics is integral to international competition, but this study of regional games demonstrates how both international relations and the domestic politics of the host countries were integrated deeply in athletics. This book’s expansive research base—drawing on sources in several languages from archives in Germany, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and several cities in the United States—makes for a truly international history, with a richness of detail that extends evenly through eight chapters treating seven Asian countries.Huebner’s detailed descriptions of the planning and implementation of the prewar Far Eastern Championship Games (fecg) and West Asian Games and their postwar successors—the Asian Games held from 1951 to 1974—show how national leaders in each host country used sports to promote

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