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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Powerby: Simon Kuper  List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.92 You Save: $4.03 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.334 EAN: 9781560258780 ISBN: 1560258780 Label: Nation Books Manufacturer: Nation Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: April 27, 2006 Publisher: Nation Books Studio: Nation Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product 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 an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Soccer Against the Enemy: a great read for travellingSimon Kuper's first book "Soccer Against the Enemy" is one of the best books about football/soccer I've ever read. It's hard to believe Kuper was only 22/23 when he wrote it. But then again perhaps you'd have to be that young to travel to all the obscure corners of the globe he did. Kuper interviews football heroes in Africa, gangsters in Russia, East German fans, Brazilian coaches and just about everyone else in the spectrum of world football. What emerges is to us Americans, something of a ... Read More Rating:  - Soccer against the EnemyFrom an American perspective this was just so-so. I only say that due to the lack of background on my part. There were some very interesting stories within the books and others where a better background on my part would have helped. Rating: - Good, but....I read this a few years after reading "How soccer explains the world", so my comparison is based on a shaky memory, with lots of other soccer reading in between.... In some ways, SATE a more interesting read - you can really feel that the author knows soccer much more intimately than Foer (HSETW author) does. And the writing is a little less 'clinical' than the other book, and the extra chapter is nice. But while this book is a series of anecdotes that are entertaining, I thought Foer ... Read More Rating: - A total classicI read dozens of books a year and cannot remember laughing out load so many tmes while reading a book. Kuper manages to write both a very interesting history of international soccer and also infuse it with some unbelievably funny dry humor. Other than getting a little dense in the Spain section, the book was awesome. The chapter on Afica is unforgettable. I wish he would write a follow-up. Rating:  - Painfully misses the MarkI have recently finished this book and besides reading the "Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne in high school; this has been the most paintful book I have ever read. The premise is a good one: what different countries' take on soccer (football, I'm in America give me a break). However, the chapters seem to not be organized very well. The best chapter which would have been a better introductory chapter "Celtic v. Ranger" was placed near the end of the book. "Celtic v. Rangers" was the most focused and detailed ... Read More 
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