Author:
Johnson, Mark, 1945- author.
Imprint:Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress, [2016]
Description408 pages ; 24 cm
Note:"Distributed in the United States and Canada by Ingram Publisher Services."
Note:The origins of doping -- Pierre de Coubertin and the fair-play myth -- The fall of Coubertin's ideal -- The hot Roman day when doping became bad -- Doping becomes a crime -- The birth of the World Anti-Doping Agency -- Doping and the Cold War -- Anabolic steroids : sports as Sputnik -- The Reds are winning -- Spinning Olympic gold : L.A. 1984 -- The sports act delivers : gold in '84 -- Dr. Ferrari was right -- Fear makes good copy -- The War on Drugs -- Amphetamines for all -- Supplements : government-approved dope -- Charlie Francis : take it to make it -- DSHEA, steroids, and baseball's salvation -- If it's inherited, is it cheating? -- Moral drift and the American way -- The spirit of sport.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-399) and index.
