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Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament - the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks - long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule - to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.Product Identifiers
PublisherAtlantic Books
ISBN-139781848876590
eBay Product ID (ePID)92760287
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NamePlaying the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Carlin
Subject AreaSports
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight265 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn Carlin