02963nam 2200637Ia 450 991045405370332120200520144314.00-942257-54-5(CKB)1000000000754430(EBL)434400(OCoLC)506072755(SSID)ssj0000114207(PQKBManifestationID)11138126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114207(PQKBWorkID)10102094(PQKB)11295732(MiAaPQ)EBC434400(Au-PeEL)EBL434400(CaPaEBR)ebr10289890(EXLCZ)99100000000075443020071129d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBoycott[electronic resource] stolen dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games /Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli ; foreword by Vice President Walter F. Mondale[Washington, D.C.] New Chapter Press ;[Chicago] Distributed by Independent Publishers Group[2008?]1 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-03655-0 0-942257-40-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Authors' Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Olympian; Don Paige; Glenn Mills; Afghanistan; Gwen Gardner; Gene Mills; Carter Doctrine; Craig Beardsley; Sue Walsh; "Ours Will Not Go"; Bill Hanzlik; Amy Koopman; The Vote; Isiah Thomas; Carol Blazejowski; The Lawsuit; Luci Collins; David Kimes; The Games Go On; Brian Gust; Lisa Buese; Results; Linda Cornelius Waltman; Thomas Schuler; Message To President Carter; Ron Galimore; Debbie Landreth; Epilogue; Appendix; Sources; IndexWith a thorough exploration of the political climate of the time and the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, this book describes the repercussions of Jimmy Carter's American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Despite missing the games they had trained relentlessly to compete in, many U.S. athletes went on to achieve remarkable successes in sports and overcame the bitter disappointment of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity dashed by geopolitics.OlympicsHistoryAthletesUnited StatesBiographySports and stateUnited StatesBoycottsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsElectronic books.OlympicsHistory.AthletesSports and stateBoycotts796.4/8/0947431796.48Caraccioli Tom967595Caraccioli Jerry967596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454053703321Boycott2196917UNINA