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Playing the Enemy

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

By John Carlin

By John Carlin

By John Carlin

By John Carlin

By John Carlin

By John Carlin

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    About Playing the Enemy

    Read the book that inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2009 film INVICTUS featuring Morgan Freeman and Matt Daymon, directed by Clint Eastwood.

    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.

    About Playing the Enemy

    Read the book that inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2009 film INVICTUS featuring Morgan Freeman and Matt Daymon, directed by Clint Eastwood.

    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.

    About Playing the Enemy

    Read the book that inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2009 film INVICTUS featuring Morgan Freeman and Matt Daymon, directed by Clint Eastwood.

    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.

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    About John Carlin

    John Carlin nació en Londres en 1956, y estudió Lengua y Literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Oxford. Empezó su carrera periodística en 1981 como redactor de política y deportes y fue crítico de cine para el Buenos Aires Herald… More about John Carlin

    About John Carlin

    John Carlin nació en Londres en 1956, y estudió Lengua y Literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Oxford. Empezó su carrera periodística en 1981 como redactor de política y deportes y fue crítico de cine para el Buenos Aires Herald… More about John Carlin

    About John Carlin

    John Carlin nació en Londres en 1956, y estudió Lengua y Literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Oxford. Empezó su carrera periodística en 1981 como redactor de política y deportes y fue crítico de cine para el Buenos Aires Herald… More about John Carlin

    Product Details

    Category: African World History | Sports

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 28, 2009 | 304 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143115724

    Category: African World History | Sports

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 18, 2009 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781101159927

    Category: African World History | Sports

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 14, 2008 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781440634246

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    Praise

    “This wonderful book describes Mandela’s methodical, improbable and brilliant campaign to reconcile resentful blacks and fearful whites around a sporting event, a game of rugby.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “If you have any doubts about the political genius of Nelson Mandela, read John Carlin’s engrossing book . . . [A] feel-good slice of history.” —USA Today

    Table Of Contents

    Playing The EnemyIntroduction

    Chapter I: Breakfast in Houghton
    Chapter II: The Minister of Justice
    Chapter III: Separate Amenities
    Chapter IV: Bagging the Croc
    Chapter V: Different Planets
    Chapter VI: Ayatollah Mandela
    Chapter VII: The Tiger King
    Chapter VIII: The Mask
    Chapter IX: The Bitter-Enders
    Chapter X: Romancing the General
    Chapter XI: “Address Their Hearts”
    Chapter XII: The Captain and the President
    Chapter XIII: Springbok Serenade
    Chapter XIV: Silvermine
    Chapter XV: Doubting Thomases
    Chapter XVI: The Number Six Jersey
    Chapter XVII: “Nelson! Nelson!”
    Chapter XVIII: Blood in the Throat
    Chapter XIX: Love Thine Enemy

    Epilogue
    Where Are They Now?
    Acknowledgments
    A Note on Sources
    Index

    A section of photographs follows page 114.

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