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- Title
Reconsidering the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott: American Sports Diplomacy in East Asian Perspective.
- Authors
EATON, JOSEPH
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia and the American sports diplomacy under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. It examines the various responses to the boycott in South Korea, the Philippines and the People's Republic of China. It discusses China and Taiwan's use of the boycott to defend its sovereignty amid the growing international isolation and democratic movement. It also examines the impact of the boycott on the American diplomatic efforts in East Asia.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OLYMPIC Games (22nd : 1980 : Moscow, Russia); SOVIET Union-United States relations; SPORTS &; state; SOVEREIGNTY; FOREIGN relations of the United States, 1977-1981; EAST Asia-United States relations; UNITED States politics &; government, 1977-1981
- Publication
Diplomatic History, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 5, p845
- ISSN
0145-2096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/dh/dhw026