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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924-
Olympic Games > (22nd : > 1980 : > Moscow, Russia)
Jeux olympiques > (22es : > 1980 : > Moscou, Russie)
Olympic Games
Sports and state > United States.
Boycotts > United States.
Cold War.
Sports > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Boycottage > États-Unis.
Guerre froide.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Olympics.
Boycotts
Diplomatic relations
Sports and state
Olympische Spiele > Boykott.
Boykott > Olympische Spiele.
Olympische Spiele > Moskau (1980)
boycott > politique internationale > Jeux olympiques d'été (22 ; 1980 ; Moscou) > Etats-Unis > URSS.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS.
URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Soviet Union
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: miracle on ice
  • Lord Killanin and the politics of the Olympics
  • Los Angeles versus Moscow
  • Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet relations
  • The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • The American response
  • Easy victories
  • Painful losses
  • The White House games
  • Coca-Cola, NBC, and the defeat of the Iron Lady
  • The vote in Colorado
  • Civil wars
  • Carter versus Killanin
  • Moscow: the Olympics are the Olympics
  • Los Angeles: the Olympics are the Olympics
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue.

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