{"product_id":"engulfed-how-saudi-arabia-bought-sport-and-the-world","title":"Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Bravura on the ground reporting'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Goldblatt, award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e The Ball is Round\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is an important book\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cbr\u003e Simon Kuper, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSoccernomics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChums \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBarça\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e _________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernize 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngulfed\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing 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, \u003ci\u003eEngulfed \u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Blink Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993047236893,"sku":"9781785121609","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/1259\/2413\/files\/imageloader_b247431b-0484-4a05-b9f7-31bc86d2aa88.jpg?v=1783473915","url":"https:\/\/revelationsbooks.com\/products\/engulfed-how-saudi-arabia-bought-sport-and-the-world","provider":"Revelations Books and Treasures LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}