SPORTS & RECREATION
272 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Cloth, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
Cloth, $25.95 (US $25.95) (CA $28.95)
Publication Date: May 2008
ISBN 9780942257403
Rights: WOR
New Chapter Press (May 2008)
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?The heartbreaking stories behind the U.S. Olympic boycott
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.
"The strength of Boycott is in the Caraccioli brothers' methodical presentation of the complicated events leading up to boycott." —Wall Street Journal
"Uniquely and poignantly captures the impact of American athletes denied the opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games. This book . . . becomes their belated, but deserved, Olympic salute." —Dick Enberg, CBS Sports
Tom Caraccioli is the president of Lions Roar, LLC, a communications and public relations firm, and a former executive for NBC and USA networks. Jerry Caraccioli is a television network executive in the CBS sports division. They are the coauthors of Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team.