博客來Global Goals: How Football United (and Divided) the Planet is a sweeping chronicle of the world’s most popular game and its extraordinary power to shape history. From colonial fields to billion-dollar stadiums, from African independence to Middle Eastern soft power, this book traces how football became far more than a sport - it became a mirror of humanity itself.
Across a century of upheaval, football has marched alongside empires, revolutions, and nations in transition. It has been used by dictators and dreamers alike - a tool of propaganda, diplomacy, and identity. It was played in prisons and palaces, used to bridge Cold War divides and to ignite nationalist passions. Whether uniting continents under a common anthem or deepening divisions with the weight of pride and politics, football has always reflected the times in which it was played.
Through vivid narrative and meticulous research, Global Goals explores how matches became battles of ideology, how the World Cup became a diplomatic stage, and how a game of two halves came to define globalization itself. It reveals the beauty and brutality of a sport that, at its heart, speaks to something timeless - our shared desire to belong, to compete, and to dream together, even as we stand divided.
