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Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :26 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Medals for the 1980 U.S. Summer Olympic Team by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs
Download or read book Medals for the 1980 U.S. Summer Olympic Team written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Goal written by John Powers and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes look at the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team follows each player's struggle to make the team, discusses practice sessions and the creation of a cohesive team, and recaps the games and unforgettable victory over the Russians at Lake Placid
Download or read book Boycott written by Tom Caraccioli and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The 1980 U.S. Olympic Boycott by : Martin Gitlin
Download or read book The 1980 U.S. Olympic Boycott written by Martin Gitlin and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book relays the factual details of the 1980 U.S. Olympic boycott. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Soviet athlete, a U.S. athlete, and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.
Download or read book Striking Silver written by Tom Caraccioli and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of America's forgotten hockey team and its members, which included players who were plucked from the jungles of Vietnam, schoolboy heroes, and college All-Americans...Jacket cover.
Book Synopsis U.S. Participation in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Download or read book U.S. Participation in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Making of a Miracle by : Mike Eruzione
Download or read book The Making of a Miracle written by Mike Eruzione and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the fortieth anniversary of the historic "Miracle on Ice," Mike Eruzione—the captain of the 1980 U.S Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the winning goal—recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal. It is the greatest American underdog sports story ever told: how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs, under the tutelage of legendary coach—and legendary taskmaster—Herb Brooks, beat the elite Soviet hockey team on their way to winning the gold medal at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. No one believed the scrappy Americans had a real shot at winning. Despite being undefeated, the U.S.—the youngest team in the competition—were facing off against the four-time defending gold medalist Russians. But the Americans’ irrepressible optimism, skill, and fearless attitude helped them outplay the seasoned Soviet team and deliver their iconic win. As captain, Mike Eruzione led his team on the ice on that Friday, February 22, 1980. But beating the U.S.S.R was only one of the numerous challenges Mike has faced in his life. In this inspiring memoir, he recounts the obstacles he has overcome, from his blue-collar upbringing in Winthrop, Massachusetts, to his battle to make the Boston University squad; his challenges in the minor leagues and international tournaments to his selection to the U.S. team and their run for gold. He also talks about the aftermath of that stupendous win that inspired and united the nation at a time of crisis in its history. Eruzione has lived a hockey life full of unexpected twists and surprising turns. Al Michaels’ famous call in 1980—"do you believe in miracles? YES!"—could have been about Mike himself. Filled with vivid portraits—from his hard-working, irrepressible father to the irascible Herb Brooks to the Russian hall of famers Tretiak, Kharlamov, Makarov, and Fetisov—this lively, fascinating look back is destined to become a sports classic and is a must for hockey fans, especially those who witnessed that miraculous day.
Book Synopsis United States Olympic Book by : United States Olympic Committee
Download or read book United States Olympic Book written by United States Olympic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for include reports of the Olympic winter games.
Book Synopsis 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow by : United States Olympic Committee
Download or read book 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow written by United States Olympic Committee and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1979 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dropping the Torch by : Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
Download or read book Dropping the Torch written by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott. Broad in its focus, it looks at events in Washington, D.C., as well as the opposition to the boycott and how this attempted embargo affected the athletic contests in Moscow. Jimmy Carter based his foreign policy on assumptions that had fundamental flaws and reflected a superficial familiarity with the Olympic movement. These basic mistakes led to a campaign that failed to meet its basic mission objectives but did manage to insult the Soviets just enough to destroy détente and restart the Cold War. The book also includes a military history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which provoked the boycott, and an examination of the boycott's impact four years later at the Los Angeles Olympics, where the Soviet Union retaliated with its own boycott.
Book Synopsis The Boys of Winter by : Wayne Coffey
Download or read book The Boys of Winter written by Wayne Coffey and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history—with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice “An unvarnished and captivating read.”—Parade Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. Wayne Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event, giving readers an ice-level view of the amateurs who took on a Russian hockey juggernaut at the height of the Cold War. He details the unusual chemistry of the Americans—formulated by their fiercely determined coach, Herb Brooks—and seamlessly weaves portraits of the boys with the fluid action of the game itself. Coffey also traces the paths of the players and coaches since their stunning victory, examining how the Olympic events affected their lives. Told with warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, The Boys of Winter is an intimate, perceptive portrayal of one Friday night in Lake Placid and the enduring power of the extraordinary.
Download or read book Going for the Gold written by Tim Wendel and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true inside story of the "Miracle on Ice," in which a ragtag team of collegiate and amateur athletes united in the shadow of the Cold War to defeat the seemingly invincible Soviet ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Sixty-two action photographs complement this triumphant tale.
Download or read book United States Olympic Book written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miracle on Ice written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mighty Soviets were the favorites to win hockey gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics. But a team of U.S. college players had other ideas. The stunning upset of the Soviet hockey team by the young Americans has been called the greatest moment in international hockey. And to many people the victory was about much more than sports. Americans had gone through difficult times at home and abroad. Beating the best hockey team in the worldÜand its major Cold War rivalÜgave Americans a sense of pride. One iconic photo captured the impact of that _miraculousî historic event.
Book Synopsis The Political Olympics by : Derick Hulme
Download or read book The Political Olympics written by Derick Hulme and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-12-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an international arena where the utility of military force may be declining, statesmen are inclined to search for alternative means of pursuing national policy. The manipulation of international sport is one such means. This book examines the 1980 United States boycott of the Olympic Games in order to assess the desirability and effectiveness of using international sport as a political instrument. Derick L. Hulme, Jr. reveals the pitfalls as well as the opportunities of such diplomacy by using the 1980 Olympic boycott as a framework. Concluding that the boycott was both a success and a failure, Hulme challenges generally accepted views of employing sport as a political instrument. The book points out that while the boycott succeeded in inflicting significant costs upon the Soviet Union for its invasion of Afghanistan, the White House was unable to enlist Western European support, reinforcing the perception that the leadership capabilities of the post-Vietnam United States were in decline. The book offers comprehensive coverage, from both a descriptive and analytical viewpoint, of the events in 1980 surrounding the decision to boycott. Hulme examines this decision as well as the domestic and international campaigns to rally support for President Carter's initiative. This provides a foundation upon which to critically assess the boycott effort. Finally, the book evaluates the relevance of the 1980 boycott to the emergence of international political sport as a significant policy alternative. Students and scholars of international diplomacy as well as anyone interested in the Olympic Games as a diplomatic tool, will find The Political Olympics a valuable resource.
Book Synopsis The Politics of the Olympic Games by : Richard Espy
Download or read book The Politics of the Olympic Games written by Richard Espy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Walt Disney Productions Publisher :Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN 13 :9780394842240 Total Pages :128 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (422 download)
Book Synopsis Goofy Presents the Olympics by : Walt Disney Productions
Download or read book Goofy Presents the Olympics written by Walt Disney Productions and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a brief history of the ancient and modern Olympic games.
