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• Winner of The Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History 2019
• Winner of The Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History 2019 (UK)

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9781784539139

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'Richard Mills's scholarship is impressive, as he digs deeply into the history of football in Yugoslavia. His crisp engaging narrative paints a vivid and detailed picture of how, at times, political leaders used football to promote unity in this improbable country, while at other times football contests were used to inflame nationalist, religious, ideological and ethnic tensions. Mills also captures the passions, sometimes violent passions, of spectators, which allows him to lay bare the real feelings of ordinary people, who were reacting to the quickly changing political landscape. Mills ground-breaking book makes a persuasive case of how the history of football can be used to provide new insights into political and societal tensions.' - Dr Harry Blutstein, Adjunct Professor, RMIT University and author of Cold War Games.

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Richard Mills is lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia, where he received his PhD, and has recently become the course director there for the BA in Modern History. Mills has published in peer-reviewed journals, edited collections and the popular sports magazine When Saturday Comes. He has guest lectured at the CIES's prestigious FIFA master's programme.

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