false 45528 1 1 101905 1560258780 9781560258780 11 <![CDATA[Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171482678m/101905.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171482678s/101905.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101905.Soccer_Against_the_Enemy_How_the_World_s_Most_Popular_Sport_Starts_and_Fuels_Revolutions_and_Keeps_Dictators_in_Power 3.78 77
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.
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Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup, Soccernomics is a new way of looking at the world’s most popular game.

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