Engulfed (eBook)

How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025

James Montague (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
295 Seiten
Blink Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78512-163-0 (ISBN)

Infos

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'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 Barca'Compelling' - The Times'A subtle examination of the complex interplay between global ambition, economic power, and ethical considerations' - MoneyWeek'A comprehensive and shocking account' - When Saturday Comes_________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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.3.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: Anthony Joshua • assassination • Boxing • cristiano ronaldo • eddie hearn • F1 • FIFA • Football • Formula 1 • Formula one • Gianni Infantino • Golf • Gulf • House of Saud • Jamal Khashoggi • Journalist • LIV Golf • LIV tour • Manchester City • man city • Mbappe • MBS • Mohammed bin Salman • MONEY • Newcastle United • Oleksandr Usyk • Paris Saint-Germain • PGA Tour • PIF • Power • PSG • Public Investment Fund • Qatar • riyadh • Saudi • Saudi Arabia • Saudi Vision • Soccer • Soft Power • Sovereign Wealth Fund • Sport • Sports • sportswash • sports-washing • Sportswashing • Tennis • Tyson Fury • UAE • US Congress • World Cup
• ISBN-10: 1-78512-163-4 / 1785121634
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78512-163-0 / 9781785121630