Author:
D'Agati, Philip A.
Imprint:New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]
Descriptionxxi, 197 pages ; 23 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
