Author: '60 Olympics brought Games into modern world

1960 Rome Olympics featured doping, race issues, Cold War Among Games' stars: Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson, Cassius Clay Author David Maraniss examines Olympics in "Rome 1960" ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The subtitle of David Maraniss' new book, "Rome 1960" (Simon & Schuster), is "The Olympics That Changed the World." "Rome 1960" author David Maraniss says the Olympics were "a huge part of my childhood." Maraniss acknowledges that the subtitle -- the publisher's idea -- is hyperbolic, but says he's happy to defend it. Maraniss says the 1960 Games did mark a turning point in Olympic and sports history. "You see the ushering in of the modern world, for better for worse," he says in an interview at CNN Center. Maraniss observes the Rome Games were a coming-out party for a country, Italy, defeated 15 years earlier in World War II,... [read full story]