{"product_id":"dropping-the-torch-jimmy-carter-the-olympic-boycott-and-the-cold-war-paperback-9780521176668","title":"Dropping the Torch; Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War (Paperback) 9780521176668","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDropping the Torch\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Evan Sarantakes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521176668, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 21 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a well-researched, engaging, and forcefully argued book about a fascinating episode in Cold War sports diplomacy.' John Soares, Journal of Cold War Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDropping 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 détente 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: miracle on ice\u003cbr\u003e 1. Lord Killanin and the politics of the Olympics\u003cbr\u003e 2. Los Angeles versus Moscow\u003cbr\u003e 3. Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet relations\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e 5. The American response\u003cbr\u003e 6. Easy victories\u003cbr\u003e 7. Painful losses\u003cbr\u003e 8. The White House games\u003cbr\u003e 9. Coca-Cola, NBC, and the defeat of the Iron Lady\u003cbr\u003e 10. The vote in Colorado\u003cbr\u003e 11. Civil wars\u003cbr\u003e 12. Carter versus Killanin\u003cbr\u003e 13. Moscow: the Olympics are the Olympics\u003cbr\u003e 14. Los Angeles: the Olympics are the Olympics\u003cbr\u003e 15. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909195292952,"sku":"9780521176668","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521176668i_0d6607b0-688f-4a1a-a8b1-a89a0c4367cc.jpg?v=1691373184","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dropping-the-torch-jimmy-carter-the-olympic-boycott-and-the-cold-war-paperback-9780521176668","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}