Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War

Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War /

"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...

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Main Author: Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924-
Olympic Games > (22nd : > 1980 : > Moscow, Russia)
Sports and state > United States.
Boycotts > United States.
Cold War.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
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