Three Seconds in Munich: The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final

by David A.F. Sweet

Book Overview

One. Two. Three.

That's as long as it took to sear the souls of a dozen young American men, thanks to the craziest, most controversial finish in the history of the Olympics--the 1972 gold-medal basketball contest between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's two superpowers at the time.

The U.S. team, whose unbeaten Olympic streak dated back to when Adolf Hitler reigned over the Berlin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803299966
• ISBN13: 9780803299962
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 9.3"