Using the information from readings provided, write an essay that assesses how different or similar the Western and Eastern blocs were in their attitudes and practices with regard to sport.

FORMATTING: 4-6 Pages. Double Spaced, 12 Point (Times New Roman Suggested), one-inch margins, Chicago/ Turabian Style Footnotes.PROMPT: During the Cold War, the Western Bloc nations (United States and its allies) and the Eastern Bloc nations (the Soviet Union and its sphere) were considered polar opposites. Using the information from readings provided, write an essay that assesses how different or similar the Western and Eastern blocs were in their attitudes and practices with regard to sport. In other words, when it came to the Olympic Games and international sport, did the leaders of the Western and Eastern bloc nations think about and use sports similarly or differently? It is fine to make the essay mostly about US and Soviet Union, but consider discussing other nations like Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, East/ West Germany, etc.THEMES: Relationship between sports and propaganda for both blocs; the structure of, and the ideas behind, sports systems in both blocs: as well as the athletes that these blocs did or did not support.