Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia

Victor D. Cha

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Paper, 200 pages, 15 illus; 5 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-15491-8
$18.50 / £13.00

December, 2008
Cloth, 200 pages, 15 illus; 5 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-15490-1
$27.95 / £18.95

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Chronology

1. Purism Versus Politics

2. The Argument

3. More Than Just National Pride

4. Greasing the Wheels of Diplomacy

5. The Olympic Facelift

6. Catch-22

7. The Slippery Slope of Change

Notes

Index

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• International Affairs

Series

• Contemporary Asia in the World

About the Author

Victor D. Cha is the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He won the 2000 Ohira Book prize for Alignment Despite Antagonism: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Security Triangle and is coauthor of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is the former director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council and deputy head of the United States delegation to the six party talks.

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