Authors: Jerry Caraccioli, Tom Caraccioli, Walter F. Mondale
ISBN-13: 9780942257403, ISBN-10: 0942257405
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: New Chapter Press, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Tom Caraccioli is the president of Lions Roar, LLC, a communications and public relations firm, and a former executive for NBC and USA networks. Jerry Caraccioli is a television network executive in the CBS sports division. They are the coauthors of Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team.
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.
It is reassuring that the Caracciolis decided to tackle this story about America and American athletes in a challenging time. (Anita DeFrantz, International Olympic Committee)