TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sarantakes,Nicholas Evan
TI  - Dropping the torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War 
SN  - 9781139775687
AV  - GV722 1980 .S27 2011eb
U1  - 796.48 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Carter, Jimmy,
KW  - Olympic Games
KW  - (22nd
KW  - 1980
KW  - Moscow, Russia)
KW  - Jeux olympiques
KW  - (22es
KW  - Moscou, Russie)
KW  - fast
KW  - Sports and state
KW  - United States
KW  - Boycotts
KW  - Cold War
KW  - Sports
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Boycottage
KW  - Guerre froide
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION
KW  - Olympics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Olympische Spiele
KW  - Boykott
KW  - idsbb
KW  - Moskau (1980)
KW  - boycott
KW  - politique internationale
KW  - Jeux olympiques d'été (22 ; 1980 ; Moscou)
KW  - Etats-Unis
KW  - URSS
KW  - rero
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
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