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Clarke, H. Harrison – 1981
In the early days of physical education, the value of physical fitness was associated with preparation for defense in wartime and preventive medicine. Physical fitness waned in importance in the period between the two World Wars, to become concommitant to other objectives of physical education. A resurgence in emphasis on fitness was triggered and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Exercise, Government Role, Physical Education
