Items related to Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star...
In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, the Soviet world chess champion, Boris Spassky,and his American challenger, Bobby Fischer, met in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown, played against the backdrop of superpower politics, held the world spellbound for two months with reports of psychological warfare, ultimatums, political intrigue, cliffhangers, and farce to rival a Marx Brothers film. Thirty years later, David Edmonds and John Eidinow have set out to reexamine the story we recollect as the quintessential cold war clash between a lone American star and the Soviet chess machine. A mesmerizing narrative of brilliance and triumph, hubris and despair, Bobby Fischer Goes to War is a biting deconstruction of the Bobby Fischer myth, a nuanced study on the art of brinkmanship, and a revelatory cold war tragicomedy.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
From AudioFile:
David Edmonds is an award-winning journalists with the BBC. He's the bestselling authors of Bobby Fischer Goes to War and Wittgenstein’s Poker.
John Eidinow is an award-winning journalist with the BBC. He's the bestselling authors of Bobby Fischer Goes to War and Wittgenstein’s Poker.
Screwy, abrasive Bobby Fischer's 1972 triumph over chess champ Boris Spassky is depicted here in a political and psychological context that transcends the game. The authors provide only as much chessboard strategy as needed to clarify their story, one that others have told many times before, but not quite in this way. Narrator Sam Tsoutsouvas adopts a kind of "time marches on" style that in other hands would have stomped the text to death. Yet he manages to keep it light and play the humor while laying back the more sensational passages. His handsome, barrel-chested voice is a delight to listen to. Y.R. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherEcco
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0060510250
- ISBN 13 9780060510251
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 14.04
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.7. Seller Inventory # 0060510250-2-1
Buy New
US$ 14.04
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.7. Seller Inventory # 353-0060510250-new
Buy New
US$ 14.05
Convert currency
Seller Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine by Edmonds, David, Eidinow, John [Paperback ]
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780060510251
Buy New
US$ 14.08
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine [Paperback] Edmonds, David and Eidinow, John
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780060510251
Buy New
US$ 10.85
Convert currency
Seller Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Harper Perennial 3/1/2005
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060510250
ISBN 13: 9780060510251
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine 0.71. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780060510251
Buy New
US$ 14.87
Convert currency
Seller Image
Bobby Fischer Goes To War : How The Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of all Time
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 2550750-n
Buy New
US$ 13.45
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War Format: Paperback
Published by
Harper Collins Publishers
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060510250
ISBN 13: 9780060510251
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780060510251
Buy New
US$ 12.76
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0060510250
Buy New
US$ 17.21
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLING22Oct2018170000317
Buy New
US$ 13.73
Convert currency
Stock Image
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780060510251
Buy New
US$ 18.00
Convert currency