WORLD CUP - Shahab, Jahan

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Résumé :
The Montevideo inauguration of FIFA World Cup in July 1930, took place with participation of only 13 countries. It was 12 years after, and 10 years before the two World Wars. Centuries of colonial orders had been shattered and the future was unclear. Jules Remet the head of FIFA, worked hard for assembling those national teams in the cold winter season of Uruguay. Ninety years later, ahead of the 22nd World Cup, FIFA has 211 country members, of which 32 of them have qualified to send their teams to Qatar. Throughout these 90 years of evolving international scenes, 21 countries (5 of them twice), have hosted the World Cups in contrasting circumstances. Not only the global situation during one Cup had been different compared with the next, but also the socioeconomic and political conditions of all the host nations have had their own particular issues. As it happened, in the Summer of 1974, I saw a few matches of the 10th World Cup in Munich and Frankfort. Of course, I was interested in football, but, given the terror attacks of 1972 Olympic games in Munich, as a young student of political science, I became fascinated by Germany's atmospheric changes. I have been to other Olympics as well as World Cups in Europe and Americas and studied the history of these two premier tournaments combined with the politics of each hosting country. World Cup of Football, is not the oldest international tournament, but it is one of the few that through it's 90 years history, the transformation of world politics and sport can be studied. This book is a brief review of political and sporting history of the World Cup.

Biographie:
Jahan Shahab is an international policy specialist, historian, and political author with decades of firsthand research and field experience across the Middle East and Europe. Educated at Tehran University and earned his MIPP of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Shahab has long been immersed in the complex dynamics of global power, governance, and political succession.His new book, Trump Card: Imperial Dynasty, is a bold and deeply analytical work exploring former President Donald J. Trump's unprecedented return to power and his pursuit of dynastic rule in the United States. Shahab draws on historical parallels, legal frameworks, and global case studies to pose a provocative question: Is America on the verge of witnessing its first political monarchy?Shahab is also the author of World Cup: Sporting & Political History of Football, a widely translated work, and Grey Scent of Morning, a bilingual collection of modern Persian poetry acclaimed for its unique cultural and philosophical depth, as well as a fascinating memoir Kaleidoscope, the rise of Islamic militancy, (scheduled for publication in November 2025). With no formal affiliation to political parties or media institutions, Shahab writes with fierce independence and an unflinching commitment to truth. His work challenges assumptions, informs policymakers, and invites the public to question the future of American democracy....