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- ISBN
- 9780521176668
- Book Title
- Dropping the Torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation, History, Political Science
- Topic
- General, International Relations / General, United States / General, Olympics & Paralympics
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 18.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 356 Pages
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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 d 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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521176662
ISBN-13
9780521176668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92880599
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dropping the Torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, International Relations / General, United States / General, Olympics & Paralympics
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv706.35
Reviews
"Sarantakes successfully blends the history of sports with international relations. He provides an excellent overview of an often ignored, but important, chapter of the Cold War, one that helped reignite the conflict fully in the late 1970s. Thoroughly researched and well written, it is highly recommended reading." - Kyle Longley, Arizona State University, 'Sarantakes successfully blends the history of sports with international relations. He provides an excellent overview of an often ignored, but important, chapter of the Cold War, one that helped reignite the conflict fully in the late 1970s. Thoroughly researched and well written, it is highly recommended reading.' Kyle Longley, Arizona State University, 'Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Dropping the Torch will stand as the standard account of an episode that Americans might well wish to forget: the Carter administration's clumsy attempt to lead a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Cold War historian Nicholas Evan Sarantakes has reconstructed the whole story in all its intricacies and ineptitude, revealing just how close the Olympic movement came to destruction. A truly fascinating piece of political, diplomatic, and sporting history.' Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California and author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency, 19451989, "This book is a scathing critique of President Jimmy Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, arguing that Carter failed as a trusted president because of his poor judgment. Based on exhaustive research into several archives, newspapers in seventeen countries, and published sources in five languages, Dropping the Torch is well contextualized with chapters on the Russian invasion, Richard Nixon's policies on Olympic sports, and the Moscow Games. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the exercise of presidential power, Cold War history, and sport history." - Steven A. Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, 'This book is a scathing critique of President Jimmy Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, arguing that Carter failed as a trusted president because of his poor judgment. Based on exhaustive research into several archives, newspapers in seventeen countries, and published sources in five languages, Dropping the Torch is well contextualized with chapters on the Russian invasion, Richard Nixon's policies on Olympic sports, and the Moscow Games. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the exercise of presidential power, Cold War history, and sport history.' Steven A. Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, Advance praise: 'Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Dropping the Torch will stand as the standard account of an episode that Americans might well wish to forget: the Carter administration's clumsy attempt to lead a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Cold War historian Nicholas Evan Sarantakes has reconstructed the whole story in all its intricacies and ineptitude, revealing just how close the Olympic movement came to destruction. A truly fascinating piece of political, diplomatic, and sporting history.' Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California and author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency, 19451989, "Well-written, thoughtful, and detailed international history. A brilliant example of the intersection between sports and diplomacy. Sarantakes has written the definitive history of the 1980 Olympic boycott." - Mitchell B. Lerner, Ohio State University, 'Dropping the Torch is one of the most engagingly well-written, well-researched, and strongly argued books I have read over the last decade. Sarantakes tells the fascinating story of America's 1980 boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics in a manner that successfully integrates diplomatic, political, and international sports history. His portrayal of the clash between President Jimmy Carter and Lord Killanin is both dramatic and tragic and brings home the enduring issues of reconciling moral questions with international politics.' Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt University, "Strongly researched and soundly argued, Sarantakes deftly forges connections between the international athletics and high-level geopolitical diplomacy. In doing so, he has set a new standard in the study of sport and international relations. _Dropping the Torch_ is on the whole an exemplary piece of Cold War scholarship." - Thomas M. Hunt, SAIS Review, "Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Dropping the Torch will stand as the standard account of an episode that Americans might well wish to forget: the Carter administration's clumsy attempt to lead a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Cold War historian Nicholas Evan Sarantakes has reconstructed the whole story in all its intricacies and ineptitude, revealing just how close the Olympic movement came to destruction. A truly fascinating piece of political, diplomatic, and sporting history." - Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California, author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency, 1945-1989, "...an excellent book that should be read by anyone with an interest in the 1970's, the Carter administration, American/Soviet relations, or the history of the Olympics." -Andy DeRoche, Presidental Studies Quarterly, "...Sarantakes's study is worth reading due to the rich material from a large number of archives and the attempt to focus not only on the United States, but to integrate different points of view based on newspapers and sources from several countries." -Stefan Wiederkehr, Diplomatic History, "Dropping the Torch is one of the most engagingly well-written, well-researched, and strongly argued books I have read over the last decade. Sarantakes tells the fascinating story of America's 1980 boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics in a manner that successfully integrates diplomatic, political, and international sports history. His portrayal of the clash between President Jimmy Carter and Lord Killanin is both dramatic and tragic and brings home the enduring issues of reconciling moral questions with international politics." - Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt University, 'Well-written, thoughtful, and detailed international history. A brilliant example of the intersection between sports and diplomacy. Sarantakes has written the definitive history of the 1980 Olympic boycott.' Mitchell B. Lerner, Ohio State University, "...Dropping the Torch is an engaging read that makes a meaningful contribution to the fields of sport history and diplomatic history. Sarantakes' use of the Olympic games as a lens for understanding foreign policy is a fresh and exciting perspective. Overall, he does an excellent job in demonstrating the importance of interrogating sporting events for the greater meaning they reveal about the wider world." -- Robert J. Turpin, Journal of Sports History
Table of Content
Introduction: miracle on ice; 1. Lord Killanin and the politics of the Olympics; 2. Los Angeles versus Moscow; 3. Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet relations; 4. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; 5. The American response; 6. Easy victories; 7. Painful losses; 8. The White House games; 9. Coca-Cola, NBC, and the defeat of the Iron Lady; 10. The vote in Colorado; 11. Civil wars; 12. Carter versus Killanin; 13. Moscow: the Olympics are the Olympics; 14. Los Angeles: the Olympics are the Olympics; 15. Conclusion; Epilogue.
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-030370
Dewey Decimal
796.48
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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