Robert Elias
Författare till The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad
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- Födelsedag
- 1950-08-22
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- Verk
- 9
- Medlemmar
- 79
- Popularitet
- #226,897
- Betyg
- 4.5
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 26
- Språk
- 1
The book walks through the history of baseball and shows how the ebb and flow of U.S. politics and foreign policy interact with how the game. Sometimes the game is used as propaganda — through world tours. Sometimes it affects recruitment. The book covers all the major wars and occupations and how and where baseball was played — either abroad or at home.
The Empire Strikes Out is one of the most interesting and odd political history books I've read. I recommend it to baseball fans and history buffs who want a new way of looking at events.
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