War Minus the Shooting: Sports and World Politics
Aaron Ettinger
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Apr 29 2026
FreerLaw/DepositphotosWho had it right? Was it George Orwell who called sportswar minus the shooting, or Nelson Mandela who said that sports cancreate hope where once there was only despair. The answer turns on the empirical record and a deeper truth: sports and politics brings together two of the great undertakings of human society. Accordingly, sports on the i