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This chapter examines the British approach to the 1916 Olympics, beginning with the fallout from the Stockholm Olympics. Although the outbreak of war ensured that the 1916 Games were not to take place, the period between the Stockholm Games and August 1914 was a defining one for British attitudes towards the Olympic Games with notable changes to her identity occurring.
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Harris, L.J. (2015). Preparing for the 1916 Olympic Games. In: Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908–1920. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-49862-5_7
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