Soccer Against The Enemy: How The World's Most Popular Sport Starts And Fuels Revolutions And Keeps Dictators In Power paperback english - 27 April 2010
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| Publisher | Nation Books |
| ISBN 13 | 9781568586335 |
| ISBN 10 | 1568586337 |
| Book Subtitle | How The World's Most Popular Sport Starts And Fuels Revolutions And Keeps Dictators In Power |
| Book Description | Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death for millions around the world, an international lingua franca. Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently. Kuper meets a remarkable variety of fans along the way, from the East Berliner persecuted by the Stasi for supporting his local team, to the Argentine general with his own views on tactics. He also illuminates the frightening intersection between soccer and politics, particularly in the wake of the attacks of 9-11, where soccer is obsessed over by the likes of Osama bin Laden. The result is one of the world's most acclaimed books on the game, and an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world. |
| About the Author | Simon Kuper was born in Uganda in 1969. He has lived (and played and watched soccer) in Holland, Germany, the USA and England, and has written on soccer for publications all over the world, including the New York Times. He now works for the Financial Times. He studied history and German at Oxford University and supports Ajax Amsterdam, but not all that passionately. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Simon Kuper |
| Publication Date | 27 April 2010 |
| Number of Pages | 318 |
Soccer Against The Enemy: How The World's Most Popular Sport Starts And Fuels Revolutions And Keeps Dictators In Power paperback english - 27 April 2010
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