Ping-Pong Diplomacy: Ivor Montagu and the Astonishing Story Behind the Game That Changed the World

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Ping-Pong Diplomacy: Ivor Montagu and the Astonishing Story Behind the Game That Changed the WorldDESCRIPTION : It was one of the most significant developments of the post war era: China finally abandoning its close relationship with the Soviet Union to begin detente with the USA. Astonishingly, the man who helped make it happen was a British aristocrat, Ivor Montagu, a Soviet spy who knew Stalin and dined with Trotsky. Even more remarkably, the means to this rapprochement was table tennis, a sport loved by both Chairman Mao and Montagu. For

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LANGUAGE : English AGE : Children / Juvenile PRODUCT FORM : Hardback DIMENSION : 203 mm x 140 mm

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