Soccer Against the Enemy: How It Starts Wars, Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power PDF
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Table of Contents Praise ALSO BY SIMON KUPER Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements PREFACE TO THE U.S. EDITION CHAPTER 1 - CHASING SOCCER AROUND THE WORLD CHAPTER 2 - SOCCER IS WAR CHAPTER 3 - THE SOCCER DISSIDENT CHAPTER 4 - THE BALTICS WANT TO BE IN AMERICA CHAPTER 5 - THE SECRET POLICE CHIEF CHAPTER 6 - RULERS OF UKRAINE CHAPTER 7 - LONE SKINHEAD SAVES NATION CHAPTER 8 - GAZZA, EUROPE AND THE FALL OF MARGARET THATCHER CHAPTER 9 - A DAY WITH HELENIO HERRERA CHAPTER 10 - FC BARCELONA AND THE SCOTTISH QUESTION CHAPTER 11 - DUTCH AND ENGLISH: WHY BOBBY ROBSON FAILED IN HOLLAND CHAPTER 12 - AFRICA (IN BRIEF) CHAPTER 13 - ROGER MILLA AND PRESIDENT BIYA CHAPTER 14 - MANDELA AT HELDERFONTEIN CHAPTER 15 - SHORT, DARK, AMERICANS CHAPTER 16 - ARGENTINA, CAMPEON! CHAPTER 17 - PELÉ THE MALANDRO CHAPTER 18 - CELTIC AND RANGERS, OR RANGERS AND CELTIC CHAPTER 19 - FROM BOSTON TO BANGLADESH: AT THE 1994 WORLD CUP CHAPTER 20 - THE PRESIDENT AND THE BAD BLUE BOYS CHAPTER 21 - GLOBAL GAME, GLOBAL JIHAD POSTSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Copyright Page PRAISE FOR Simon Kuper’s SOCCER AGAINST THE ENEMY WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. Voted best book on soccer ever by Four Four Two magazine Voted as one of the TOP 50 books on sport by the Observer newspaper “The best from the last few years.” —Nick Hornby, author Fever Pitch and About A Boy “It probably won’t be long before Americans discover the decade’s worth of smart British books about the culture, political history and sociology of the game, like Simon Kuper’s Soccer Against the Enemy.” —New York Times Book Review “An inspiration.” —Franklin Foer, author How Soccer Explains the World “How Soccer Explains the World is a good and largely interesting read, but based on the failings that I found within its pages, I find it hard to recommend. A better choice for an interested reader would be Simon Kuper’s Soccer Against the Enemy.” —Roger Holland, Pop Matters “If you like [soccer] read it. If you don’t like [soccer] read it.” —The Times (London) “Highly entertaining.” —Financial Times “A terrific book.” —The Guardian ALSO BY SIMON KUPER Ajax, the Dutch, the War
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