Allen Guttmann is a professor of American Studies at Amherst College and author of,"From Ritual to The Nature of Modern Sports" (1978). In his new book, "The Games Must Go On", Guttmann provides an assessment of Brundage’s role in shaping the modem Olympic games. This work is both a biography of Brundage and an evaluation of his career as an international sports figure.
Allen Guttmann is Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. Among his many works related to sports "Women's Sports," named the book of the year by the North American Society for Sport History, as well as "Sports Spectators, The Games Must Go On," and "From Ritual to Record," all published by Columbia University Press.