The Cold War and the 1984 Olympic Games: A Soviet-American Surrogate War

By Philip D'Agati

Book Overview

The Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games is explained as the result of a complex series of events and policies that culminated in a strategic decision to not participate in Los Angeles. Using IR framework, D'Agati developes and argues for the concept of surrogate wars as an alternative means for conflict between states.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137330619
• ISBN13: 9781137330611
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"