​Chapter 4, "The Erosion of Detente, 1975-1980: Brezhnev and Carter" in Melvyn Leffler's For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War. p. 234-337​
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"Diplomatic Fun and the Games: A Commentary on the United States Boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics" by James A.R. Nafziger. p. 67-81​

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Chapter 7, "Painful Losses," in Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War. p. 114-130