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Blood and Circuses Football and the Fight for Europe's Rebel Republics

Hardcover • 2021 • English

Blood and Circuses Football and the Fight for Europe's Rebel Republics

By Robert O'Connor, Rob O'Connor

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About the book

A unique account that raises questions which are inseparable from the world of international football, exploring how competitive football has proven to be a non-negotiable clause in exercising nationhood. In the first year of the last decade of the twentieth century, Europe's two great socialist empires collapsed suddenly. After years of subservience to Moscow and Belgrade, national leaders at the margins of the Soviet and Yugoslav spheres now played for the highest stakes. What had previously b...Show more

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ISBN

9781785905117

Publisher

Biteback Publishing

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

Blood and Circuses Football and the Fight for Europe's Rebel Republics

Format

Hardcover

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