Cold War Football
A History in 10 Matches
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Cold War Football, co-written by Alan McDougall and Tony Shore, explores ten pivotal matches that illuminate the interplay between football and Cold War politics.
The book uses individual games as prisms to analyze broader ideological, diplomatic, and cultural tensions across East-West divides.
Bringing together narrative match accounts with historical context, it shows how football could both reflect and influence international relations.
Aimed at the World Cup audience, the volume seeks to demonstrate sport's political resonance during the Cold War era.
It combines accessible writing with scholarly research to appeal to general readers and students of sports history.
The book uses individual games as prisms to analyze broader ideological, diplomatic, and cultural tensions across East-West divides.
Bringing together narrative match accounts with historical context, it shows how football could both reflect and influence international relations.
Aimed at the World Cup audience, the volume seeks to demonstrate sport's political resonance during the Cold War era.
It combines accessible writing with scholarly research to appeal to general readers and students of sports history.
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Alan McDougall, "Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
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Alan McDougall
Alan McDougall, "Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
