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'Bravura on the ground reporting'David Goldblatt, award-winning author of The Ball is Round'This is an important book'Simon Kuper, bestselling author of Soccernomics, Chums and Barça'Compelling'The Times_________In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth at the heart of the Islamic world, which is only now emerging from nearly a century of self-isolation. How did we get here? Why would a country spend tens of billions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of billions in the long run, to buy and control sport?Engulfed is a story about ambition, family rivalries, extreme wealth, power, murder and disinformation. It is also the story of dictatorship, political corruption and, at its root, how sport - football, yes, but also golf, boxing and even e-sports - became a vital geopolitical tool for Saudi Arabia.Drawing on Montague's exclusive first-hand interviews from his extensive travels across Saudi Arabia, the US, the north-east of England, Spain, Turkey and beyond, Engulfed uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport, using it both as a powerful political tool of influence and as a way to rectify the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Utgivelsesdato:
27.03.2025
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ISBN/Varenr:
9781785121609
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Språk:
, Engelsk
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Forlag:
Blink
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Fagtema:
Idrett og utendørsaktiviteter
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Emne:
Sport, Saudi-Arabia, Samfunnsanalyse, 2000-, Korrupsjon, Saudi-Arabia, Mohammed bin Salmam Al Saud
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Målgruppe:
, Voksne
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Litteraturtype:
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Originaltittel:
Engulfed
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Sider:
292
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Høyde:
48 cm
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Bredde:
32 cm




