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[ The Athletic Crusade is] an important contribution to our understanding of the international ramifications of American sports. --Aram Goudsouzian, American Studies Journal --Aram Goudsouzian American Studies Journal

Gems has done a great service to all those interested in the role of sport in the imperial adventures of the United States. He has offered a devastating analysis of the American imperial enterprise and has demonstrated the significant role of sport both for the conquering power and for those who tried to resist the imperial intrusion. -Journal of American History

[<i>TheAthletic Crusade</i> is] an important contribution to our understanding of the international ramifications of American sports. Aram Goudsouzian, <i>American Studies Journal</i> --Aram Goudsouzian American Studies Journal

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Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values and Windy City Wars: Labor, Leisure, and Sport in the Making of Chicago.

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