Dropping the Torch Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War |
|
| Author:
| Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-17666-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.99 |
Book Description:
|
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.
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.