International Football as Cultural Diplomacy

Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and international football during the 1930s.

Peter J. Beck is Emeritus Professor of International History at Kingston University, UK. He served on the History Panel for two UK Research Assessment Exercises (now Research Excellence Framework).

2. British International Football Between Two World Wars: Continental Europe Twists the Lion's Tail, Viewing Football in Weimar Germany Through a First World War Lens: 'To Play, or Not to Play, Germany?', That Was the Question for British Football, 'The Greatest Ever Triumph' Keeping Politics Out of International Football?: The 1935 England-Germany Match, Britain's 'Football Ambassadors' Play Italy, 1939, An Exceptional Case of British Governmental Intervention in Football?: Banning Stalin's 'Red Jerseys', 1930, 12. Conclusion: Using 'the Power of Football' for Britain