Why us, Mr. President?: The U.S. boxing team and the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
Master of Arts === Department of History === Heather L. McCrea === This thesis highlights the consequences of the 1980 US boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow from the perspective of the Olympic boxers. Beginning with a review of scholarly work on the Olympics and their surrounding politics, I out...
Main Author: | Webster, Walter C. |
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Language: | en_US |
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Kansas State University
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38429 |
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