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Cold War and the 1984 Olympic Games A Soviet-American Surrogate War

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ISBN-10: 1137330619

ISBN-13: 9781137330611

Edition: 2013

Authors: Philip A. D'Agati

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List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 6/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 197
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.836

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Olympiads by Time Period
Timeline of Events Relevant to the 1984 Boycott
Introduction: Olympics, Sports, and Boycotts: Games of Politics
The Surrogate War, the Boycott, and the Search for a Hidden Story
A Primer on Politics in the Olympics
Soviet Sports History and the Olympic Movement
Montreal, Moscow, and Los Angeles: Bidding for the Games
1980: An American Winter and a Soviet Summer
The LAOOC and Soviet Reasons for Not Attending
Socialist Inconsistencies and the Security Issue
Conclusions on Surrogate Wars, Nested Games, and Soviet Sports Policy
Notes
Bibliography
Index