The whole world's attention is on the athletes and the Olympic Torch being lit at the start of an Olympic Games. So who arranges this global international festival of sport, and how does it work? Jean-Loup Chappelet and Brenda Kubler-Mabbott, who have worked in the Olympic Movement for more than 40 years, tell us about the different aspects of managing such an enormous project. Their book is a guide to the corridors of power within the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and details the IOC's history and activities, its mechanisms and key characters. The authors describe the modern Olympic Movement, analyse the impact of politics and business on its development, and consider its problems and prospects.