Isbn: 9781845961282 - ring of hate: the brown bomber and hitler's hero: joe louis v. max schmeling and the bitter propaganda war (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 256 pages. Joe Louis vs Max SchmelingRing of hate tells the story of one of the greatest sports events of the twentie th century, the heavy-weight championship bout between Germany's Max Schmeling a nd America's Brown Bomber, Joe Louis - at a time when both men carried their n ation's hopes on their shoulders. More than the world heavyweight championship w as at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. In a world on the brink of war, the fight was perceived as a contest between nations, races, a nd political ideologies - the symbol of a much vaster struggle. Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels boasted that the Aryan Schmeling would crush his infer ior black opponent. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Louis, his guest at th e White House, that America needs muscles like yours to beat Germany. For Loui s, this was also his chance to avenge the only loss in his brilliant professiona l career - by a knockout - to the same Max Schmeling two years earlier.…