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Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War
- Title
- Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War / Nicholas Evan Sarantakes.
- Author
- Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan, 1966-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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- Description
- xvi, 340 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott. Broad in its focus, it looks at events in Washington, D.C., as well as the opposition to the boycott and how this attempted embargo affected the athletic contests in Moscow. Jimmy Carter based his foreign policy on assumptions that had fundamental flaws and reflected a superficial familiarity with the Olympic movement. These basic mistakes led to a campaign that failed to meet its basic mission objectives but did manage to insult the Soviets just enough to destroy de;tente and restart the Cold War. The book also includes a military history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which provoked the boycott, and an examination of the boycott's impact four years later at the Los Angeles Olympics, where the Soviet Union retaliated with its own boycott"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: miracle on ice; 1. Lord Killanin and the politics of the Olympics; 2. Los Angeles versus Moscow; 3. Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet relations; 4. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; 5. The American response; 6. Easy victories; 7. Painful losses; 8. The White House games; 9. Coca-Cola, NBC, and the defeat of the Iron Lady; 10. The vote in Colorado; 11. Civil wars; 12. Carter versus Killanin; 13. Moscow: the Olympics are the Olympics; 14. Los Angeles: the Olympics are the Olympics; 15. Conclusion; Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-6986
- ISBN
- 9780521176668
- 0521176662
- LCCN
- 2010030370
- OCLC
- 2010030370
- Author
- Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan, 1966-
- Title
- Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War / Nicholas Evan Sarantakes.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-6986