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International football as cultural diplomacy : Britain versus the dictators in the 1930s / Peter J. Beck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beck, Peter (Peter J.), author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in sports history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Football Association (England)--History--20th century.
- Football Association (England).
- Soccer--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Soccer.
- Soccer--Political aspects--Europe--History--20th century.
- Sports and international relations--Europe--History--20th century.
- Sports and international relations.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the British government, football, and the outbreak of the Second World War
- British international football between two world wars : continental Europe twists the lion's tail
- Using soccer diplomacy as an invaluable instrument of British soft power : Britain as a 'troubled giant' fighting a 'fierce war of ideas'
- Viewing football in Weimar Germany through a First World War lens : 'to play, or not to play, Germany?', that was the question for British football
- 'The greatest ever triumph' keeping politics out of international football? : the 1935 England-Germany match
- Facing Hitler's Germany on and off the football field, 1938-1939 : England's Nazi salute as virtue signalling in support of footballing appeasement?
- Projecting British power on and off the football field : facing the challenge posed by Mussolini's Italy, 1933
- 'The most important' and 'the most controversial' match played in Britain since the First World War : "the Battle of Highbury", 1934
- Britain's 'football ambassadors' play Italy, 1939
- An exceptional case of British governmental intervention in football? : banning Stalin's 'red jerseys', 1930
- The British government and the Football Association, 1938-1939 : collaborating to ensure 'a good impression is made abroad' by British football
- Conclusion : using 'the power of football' for Britain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781040103463 (electronic bk.)
- 1040103464 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032424889
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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