• Medientyp: Buch
  • Titel: Dropping the torch : Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War
  • Enthält: Machine generated contents note: 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.
  • Beteiligte: Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, 2011
  • Ausgabe: 1. publ.
  • Umfang: XVI, 340 S.; Ill; 24 cm
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 0521176662; 0521194776; 9780521176668; 9780521194778
  • RVK-Notation: ZX 5140 : Allgemeines; Einführungen; Bibliografien; Jahrbücher
  • Schlagwörter: Carter, Jimmy > Olympische Spiele > Boykott > Ost-West-Konflikt
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  • Anmerkungen: Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Machine generated contents note: 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

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