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Author:   Peter J. Beck (Kingston University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032649894

ISBN 10:   1032649895
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   26 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The British Government, Football, and the Outbreak of the Second World War, 2. British International Football Between Two World Wars: Continental Europe Twists the Lion’s Tail, 3. Using Soccer Diplomacy as an Invaluable Instrument of British Soft Power: Britain as a ‘Troubled Giant’ Fighting a ‘Fierce War of Ideas’, 4. Viewing Football in Weimar Germany Through a First World War Lens: ‘To Play, or Not to Play, Germany?’, That Was the Question for British Football, 5. ‘The Greatest Ever Triumph’ Keeping Politics Out of International Football?: The 1935 England-Germany Match, 6. Facing Hitler’s Germany On and Off the Football Field, 1938-1939: England’s Nazi Salute as Virtue Signalling in Support of Footballing Appeasement?, 7. Projecting British Power On and Off the Football Field: Facing the Challenge Posed by Mussolini’s Italy, 1933, 8. ‘The Most Important’ and ‘The Most Controversial’ Match Played in Britain Since the First World War: “The Battle of Highbury”, 1934, 9. Britain’s ‘Football Ambassadors’ Play Italy, 1939, 10. An Exceptional Case of British Governmental Intervention in Football?: Banning Stalin’s ‘Red Jerseys’, 1930, 11. The British Government and the Football Association, 1938-1939: Collaborating to Ensure ‘a Good Impression is Made Abroad’ by British Football, 12. Conclusion: Using ‘the Power of Football’ for Britain

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Peter J. Beck is Emeritus Professor of International History at Kingston University, UK. He served on the History Panel for two UK Research Assessment Exercises (now Research Excellence Framework).

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