Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
ISBN-13:
9780143115724
ISBN-10:
0143115723
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
John Carlin
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
274 pages
Category:
South Africa
,
African History
,
History of Sports
,
Sports Miscellaneous
,
Rugby
,
Other Team Sports
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ISBN-13:
9780143115724
ISBN-10:
0143115723
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
John Carlin
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
274 pages
Category:
South Africa
,
African History
,
History of Sports
,
Sports Miscellaneous
,
Rugby
,
Other Team Sports
Summary
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation (ISBN-13: 9780143115724 and ISBN-10: 0143115723), written by authors
John Carlin, was published by Penguin Books in 2009.
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The inspiration for the film INVICTUS, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.
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.
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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