Overview
Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Evita and Juan Peron, Augusto Pinochet, and Pablo Escobar Soccer has been the world's most popular sport for the last century and an irresistible game for political and social leaders seeking shortcuts to the hearts of their people. Some of the prime movers of the twentieth-century, including Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Evita and Juan Pern, Augusto Pinochet, and the drug lord Pablo Escobar, have found in soccer a magnificent partner for enflaming patriotism, manipulating the masses, prolonging their stays on the throne, justifying aberrant acts, or simply recreating the old Roman ""bread and circuses"" (in many cases without the bread). They have tried to turn the beautiful game into something useful. Sometimes it worked, momentarily, but as renowned sports journalist Luciano Wernicke writes in this fascinating and original book, the game and its glories have survived them all.
Full Product Details
Author: Lucinao Wernicke
Publisher: The Sutherland House Inc.
Imprint: The Sutherland House Inc.
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781989555842
ISBN 10: 1989555845
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 December 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Luciano Wernicke’s book “Dark Goals” details the beautiful game’s use in pursuit of ugly agendas...Every journalist needs a beat, and in choosing the world’s most popular game Wernicke has found a good one, authoring over 20 books, most of them about soccer. With “Dark Goals” he’s gone further, though, and built himself a secure niche. It’s certain he’ll be able to amend and update his catalogue of horrors for many years to come, because when it comes to bad people using the beautiful game to advance nefarious ends, the subject is regrettably evergreen."" - Toronto Star
Luciano Wernicke's book Dark Goals details the beautiful game's use in pursuit of ugly agendas...Every journalist needs a beat, and in choosing the world's most popular game Wernicke has found a good one, authoring over 20 books, most of them about soccer. With Dark Goals he's gone further, though, and built himself a secure niche. It's certain he'll be able to amend and update his catalogue of horrors for many years to come, because when it comes to bad people using the beautiful game to advance nefarious ends, the subject is regrettably evergreen. - Toronto Star
"""Luciano Wernicke’s book “Dark Goals” details the beautiful game’s use in pursuit of ugly agendas...Every journalist needs a beat, and in choosing the world’s most popular game Wernicke has found a good one, authoring over 20 books, most of them about soccer. With “Dark Goals” he’s gone further, though, and built himself a secure niche. It’s certain he’ll be able to amend and update his catalogue of horrors for many years to come, because when it comes to bad people using the beautiful game to advance nefarious ends, the subject is regrettably evergreen."" - Toronto Star "
Author Information
Luciano Wernicke was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; he graduated in journalism from the University of Salvador. For twenty years he taught sports journalism in universities such as: Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE) and Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos. He has published articles based in numerous countries, such as: Argentina, Colombia, Scotland, United States, and England.
