Ajax, the Dutch, the War The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour
Ajax, the Dutch, the War The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour
- ISBN 13:
9781568587233
- ISBN 10:
1568587236
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/11/2012
- Publisher: Bold Type Books
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Summary
In Ajax, New York Times bestselling author Simon Kuper explores the myths of Holland's "Good War" -the brave nation that hid Anne Frank from the Nazis-by using the story of soccer in Holland and the Amsterdam club Ajax to puncture the tales that post-war Holland lived by. Through interviews with Resistance fighters, survivors, wartime soccer players and more, Kuper uncovers a history that has been largely ignored. Ranging far beyond the Netherlands and examining the stories of soccer and war in England, Germany and France, Kuper writes an alternative history of Europe at its darkest hour. He helps change the way we understand ordinary people's experience of the war in Europe.