The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from the sheikhs and royals in its membership to a seat at the United Nations to pushing for peace talks between the Koreas. But Russia s invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago exposed its irreconcilable claims of “political neutrality.”
3/5 stars A year before the outbreak of the second world war, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain travelled to Munich to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in the hope of brokering a peace that would prevent Europe being once again sucked into a lengthy and debilitating conflict. The ultimately futile Munich Agreement provides the historical backdrop for Christian Schwochow's political.