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100 1  Smith, Gary J.|c(Diplomat),|eauthor. 
245 10 Ice war diplomat :|bhockey meets Cold War politics at the 
       1972 Summit Series /|cGary J. Smith. 
264  1 Madeira Park, BC :|bDouglas & McIntyre,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xiii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Now a feature-length documentary film"--Cover. 
500    Includes references (pages 306-312) and index. 
505 0  The referee ultimatum -- The world beckons -- Cold War 
       baptism -- Russian school -- To Moscow... with skates -- 
       Swallows and ravens -- Trudeau and Kosygin: fathers of the
       Summit Series -- The snowman -- The eagle lands in Moscow 
       -- Trying to stitch it all together -- To Canada with the 
       Soviets -- In Moscow with Team Canada -- Team Magnificent 
       and Team Ugly -- NHL torpedoes Team Canada -- Return to 
       Moscow -- The hockey bridge. 
520    "Marking the 50th anniversary of the historic Summit 
       Series, here is the incredible story of an unlikely 
       political stage--the hockey rink--where a Cold War, and 
       the threat of nuclear annihilation, is no less important 
       than a power play in the final minute. Discover a 
       diplomacy mission like no other: caught between capitalism
       and communism, Canada and the Soviet Union, young Canadian
       diplomat Gary J. Smith must navigate the rink, melting the
       ice between two nations skating a dangerous path. Tasked 
       with finding common ground and building friendships 
       between the world's two largest countries and arctic 
       neighbours, a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his
       first overseas assignment in Moscow, the Soviet capital. 
       It's the early 1970s and a Cold War between communism and 
       capitalism, the west and the east, is simmering--while the
       ice rink is just starting to heat up. Trained in Russian 
       and deployed by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott 
       Trudeau's ďtente policy, Smith opts for sports diplomacy, 
       throwing off his embassy black tie dress codes and donning
       the blue and white sweater of the Moscow Maple Leafs. 
       Armed with cases of Molson, Smith sets forth into Russian 
       beer league hockey. A vodka-infused encounter with the 
       influential Izvestia journalist "The Snowman" leads him 
       into the murky world of Soviet hockey officialdom, the KGB
       and the decision that USSR "amateurs" were finally ready 
       to play Canadian professionals in an eight-game Friendship
       Series of the best versus the best. Trusted by each side 
       with unparalleled access to officials, coaches and players
       on both teams, Smith witnesses this unique and epic hockey
       series that has come to transcend time, becoming a symbol 
       of the unity and clarity that sports can offer. Discover 
       amazing and surprising events: a motorcycle joyride around
       the Kremlin with the Canadian prime minister; a secret 
       visit to a Soviet hospital by a blood-coughing Phil 
       Esposito; an argument with Bobby Orr about Team Canada's 
       behaviour; and an invitation in 2017 from Russia to 
       celebrate the 45th anniversary of the series in Moscow. 
       The 1972 Canadian-Soviet Hockey Series will go down in 
       history as a pivotal political event, changing the course 
       of two nations and the world of hockey--learn the 
       fascinating story and more in this book, perfect for 
       history and sports fans alike."--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Smith, Gary J.|c(Diplomat)|vAnecdotes. 
611 20 Summit Series (Hockey)|d(1972) 
650  0 Hockey teams|zCanada|xHistory|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Hockey teams|zSoviet Union|xHistory|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Cold War|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Nineteen seventy-two, A.D. 
650  5 Canada-U.S.S.R. Hockey Series, 1972. 
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