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A review by firerosearien
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer
4.0
A fascinating, fast-paced read that takes the reader on a journey through some of the most soccer-mad countries in the world (and in the US), and draws out how soccer and the prevailing cultural and political climate can intertwine.
My only thought would that the book could definitely do with an updating, even though it's only a few years past publication - the Iran chapter would benefit from coverage of the failed 2009 green revolution and Arab Spring a few years later; and the USA chapter would benefit from coverage of the US in the World Cup in 2006, 2010 and 2014 - where it's popularity has exploded.
My only thought would that the book could definitely do with an updating, even though it's only a few years past publication - the Iran chapter would benefit from coverage of the failed 2009 green revolution and Arab Spring a few years later; and the USA chapter would benefit from coverage of the US in the World Cup in 2006, 2010 and 2014 - where it's popularity has exploded.