{"product_id":"engulfed-how-saudi-arabia-bought-sport-and-the-world-by-james-montague","title":"Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World By James Montague","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Bravura on the ground reporting'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- David Goldblatt, award-winning author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Ball is Round\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This is an important book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Simon Kuper, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSoccernomics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChums\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBarça\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Compelling'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A subtle examination of the complex interplay between global ambition, economic power, and ethical considerations'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoneyWeek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A comprehensive and shocking account'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhen Saturday Comes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth at the heart of the Islamic world, which is only now emerging from nearly a century of self-isolation. How did we get here? Why would a country spend tens of billions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of billions in the long run, to buy and control sport?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEngulfed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a story about ambition, family rivalries, extreme wealth, power, murder and disinformation. It is also the story of dictatorship, political corruption and, at its root, how sport - football, yes, but also golf, boxing and even e-sports - became a vital geopolitical tool for Saudi Arabia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Montague's exclusive first-hand interviews from his extensive travels across Saudi Arabia, the US, the north-east of England, Spain, Turkey and beyond, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEngulfed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003euncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport, using it both as a powerful political tool of influence and as a way to rectify the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47505400889564,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47505400922332,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/20_43bcde57-2727-4cd3-93fc-f1334b305564.png?v=1769702181","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/engulfed-how-saudi-arabia-bought-sport-and-the-world-by-james-montague","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}