Offers an intellectual biography of Major John L. Griffith, one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twentieth century, and an in-depth look at how athletics shaped America national military preparedness in a time of war and anticommunist sentiment.

Offers an intellectual biography of Major John L. Griffith, one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twentieth century, and an in-depth look at how athletics shaped America national military preparedness in a time of war and anticommunist sentiment.