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Argentina 78: Blood on the Ball: A Selection of Writing on the 1978 World Cup

Argentina 78: Blood on the Ball: A Selection of Writing on the 1978 World Cup

Ludden, John

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery General

ISBN13: 9798242848085
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 6 2026
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The following is a selection of my books and articles on Argentina 78. In the summer of 1978, to the abject disgust of Amnesty International and every other Human Rights organisation, the eleventh World Cup was staged in Argentina. A ruthless Military dictatorship led by President Jorge Videla, brutalised, tortured and murdered thousands of their own people to stay in power. This cesspit of Generals would attempt to achieve respectability in the world's eye. But for this to succeed victory had to be achieved at any price. So, just to be sure they decided to fix it. A story involving a frightening host of characters. Many famous such as Henry Kissinger, others simply infamous as the CIA and the Argentinian, Peruvian governments and rumoured Colombian drug cartels conspiring together for their own means. Anyone deemed a danger to their plans risked paying the ultimate price. The French Poet Charles Baudelaire once claimed: ''The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.'' For a period during the Seventies he did exist and had pitched his tent in Argentina.

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