[PDF.04pw] The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad

The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad

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 | #645080 in Books |  2010-02-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.48 x1.31 x6.46l,1.68 | File type: PDF | 448 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| fascinating view into baseball history and U.S. foreign policy|By Customer|Provides a great synopsis of the links among the military, foreign policy, and baseball (professional, semi-pro, and amateur) since the late 18th century. Some of the connections seem a little tenuous or overwrought to me, but at the very least they're thought-provoking. The prose gets a little involv| |''Good stories and nimble prose along with original research. . . and shrewd analysis and appropriate historical revision -- this book hits it out of the park.'' -- Morning News|| ''An intriguing look at the game of politics and diamond diplomacy. . . T

It's our game . . . America's game: it has the snap, go, fling of the American atmosphere--belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly as our Constitution's laws, [and] is just as important in the sum total of our historic life.
--WALT WHITMAN SPEAKING ABOUT BASEBALL

Is the face of American baseball throughout the world that of goodwill ambassador or ugly American? Has baseball crafted its own image or instead been at the mercy of b...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad   |  Robert Elias. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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