Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Miracle on Ice
- Chapter 1 Lord Killanin and the Politics of the Olympics
- Chapter 2 Los Angeles versus Moscow
- Chapter 3 Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet Relations
- Chapter 4 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
- Chapter 5 The American Response
- Chapter 6 Easy Victories
- Chapter 7 Painful Losses
- Chapter 8 The White House Games
- Chapter 9 Coca-Cola, NBC, and the Defeat of the Iron Lady
- Chapter 10 The Vote in Colorado
- Chapter 11 Civil Wars
- Chapter 12 Carter versus Killanin
- Chapter 13 Moscow: The Olympics Are the Olympics
- Chapter 14 Los Angeles
- Chapter 15 Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Miracle on Ice
- Chapter 1 Lord Killanin and the Politics of the Olympics
- Chapter 2 Los Angeles versus Moscow
- Chapter 3 Jimmy Carter and U.S.-Soviet Relations
- Chapter 4 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
- Chapter 5 The American Response
- Chapter 6 Easy Victories
- Chapter 7 Painful Losses
- Chapter 8 The White House Games
- Chapter 9 Coca-Cola, NBC, and the Defeat of the Iron Lady
- Chapter 10 The Vote in Colorado
- Chapter 11 Civil Wars
- Chapter 12 Carter versus Killanin
- Chapter 13 Moscow: The Olympics Are the Olympics
- Chapter 14 Los Angeles
- Chapter 15 Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Dropping the TorchJimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010