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.

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Philip A. D'Agati is an Assistant Academic Specialist in Political Science and International Relations at Northeastern University, USA. He received an MA in Comparative Politics, an MA in World History, and a PhD in Political Science from Northeastern University. He is a researcher of nationalism, international organizations, and the role of sport in international politics. He is the author of Nationalism on the World Stage: Cultural Performance at the Olympic Games.

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Book Title: The Cold War and the 1984 Olympic Games
Book Subtitle: A Soviet-American Surrogate War
Authors: Philip D’Agati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137360250
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-33061-1Published: 10 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46112-7Published: 10 June 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36025-0Published: 05 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 197
Topics: Political History, European Politics, International Relations, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of the Americas, Political Science

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