Researcher ORCID Identifier
0000-0003-3175-4174
Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Relations
Reader 1
Jordan Branch
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© 2022 Caroline C Phillips
Abstract
This paper explores how sports were used by totalitarian regimes to achieve the goals of the state. The three case studies involve the totalitarian governments of interwar Europe: Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Francoism. Three main trends were identified. Sports were used to improve their nation’s health and fitness for military preparation, construct a national identity, and as a diplomatic tool to improve their international reputation. I also explore what ideological themes lent themselves to construction of these three specific goals.
Recommended Citation
Phillips, Caroline, "Mixing Sports and Politics: How Totalitarian Regimes Used Sports to Achieve the Goals of the State" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 3004.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3004
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