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This chapter examines the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics as a means to think through the relationship between soft power and hard power. Salt Lake City 2002 often gets attention for its jaw-dropping corruption and the introduction of new mega-event-related security regimes. But, as the first Olympics after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Games took on new meaning at the nexus of soft power, sportswashing, and the eventual invasion of Iraq. With Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics and Salt Lake City on track to stage the 2034 Winter Games, a frank and frontal look at the past can illuminate key political dynamics in play today.

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The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics: Soft Power, Sportswashing, and the Invasion of Iraq

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  • Jules Boykoff,
  • Reed McFeely

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This chapter examines the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics as a means to think through the relationship between soft power and hard power. Salt Lake City 2002 often gets attention for its jaw-dropping corruption and the introduction of new mega-event-related security regimes. But, as the first Olympics after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Games took on new meaning at the nexus of soft power, sportswashing, and the eventual invasion of Iraq. With Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics and Salt Lake City on track to stage the 2034 Winter Games, a frank and frontal look at the past can illuminate key political dynamics in play today.