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050 00 $aGV722 1980$b.S27 2010
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100 1 $aSarantakes, Nicholas Evan,$d1966-
245 10 $aDropping the torch :$bJimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War /$cNicholas Evan Sarantakes.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1008
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott. Broad in its focus, it looks at events in Washington, D.C., as well as the opposition to the boycott and how this attempted embargo affected the athletic contests in Moscow. Jimmy Carter based his foreign policy on assumptions that had fundamental flaws and reflected a superficial familiarity with the Olympic movement. These basic mistakes led to a campaign that failed to meet its basic mission objectives but did manage to insult the Soviets just enough to destroy de;tente and restart the Cold War. The book also includes a military history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which provoked the boycott, and an examination of the boycott's impact four years later at the Los Angeles Olympics, where the Soviet Union retaliated with its own boycott"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aSports and state$zUnited States.
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(22nd :$d1980 :$cMoscow, Russia)
650 0 $aBoycotts$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCold War.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
600 10 $aCarter, Jimmy,$d1924-
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/76668/cover/9780521176668.jpg