Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : New Chapter Press : Made available through hoopla, 2008
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780942257557 (electronic bk.) MWT11678668, 0942257553 (electronic bk.) 11678668
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
With 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
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