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History of the Summer Olympics

The 2024 Summer Olympics are about to start. Pick up one of these books to learn about the history of some of the past Summer Olympic Games. 



1964, the greatest year in the history of Japan: how the Tokyo Olympics symbolized Japan's miraculous rise from the ashes by Roy Tomizawa. Tomizawa chronicles the history of Japan from the devastation of post-World War II to a short nineteen years later hosting the 1964 Summer Olympics. 



The Suspect: an Olympic bombing, the FBI, the media, and Richard Jewell, the man caught in the middle by Kent B. Alexander and Kevin Salwen. Alexander and Salwen tell the story of the terrorist attack on the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 



Legacy: gangsters, corruption and the London Olympics by Michael Gillard. Gillard shows how bringing the Olympics to a city can lead to widespread corruption and a rise in crime. He explores the increase in turf battles between London crime families, corporate greed, and dirty money that took root in the lead-up to the games. 


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