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• W2082479384 abstract "With this work on the international diffusion of baseball and the sport's role in promoting American cultural, political, economic, and military interests around the globe, Robert Elias has attempted to demonstrate the centrality of America's pastime to the rise of the United States as a world power. From the Revolutionary War to the contemporary period, Elias weaves a narrative with baseball as the lead American character. Although the number of books related to baseball history is substantial and continually growing, The Empire Strikes Out provides a unique perspective in viewing diplomatic and military events through the lens of America's relatively distinct cultural hallmark: baseball. Seasoned baseball historians will likely not find much genuinely new information in this work, although the compilation, organization, and unique focus of the book should be commended and will likely be appreciated by most. The book is arranged almost entirely chronologically, though unevenly distributed, with periods of American history divided largely according to military engagements and significant international events. The first chapter, for example, addresses the role of baseball and, primarily, its relationship to international relations during the broad period from the Revolutionary War to the end of the nineteenth century. Later chapters cover more condensed periods and deal with significant events, such as World War I, in more vivid detail. Arguably the most interesting chapters appear in the middle sections of the book, which outline the diplomatic and cultural roles of baseball from the time when the sport was truly the national pastime to the point that it began to be eclipsed by professional football. One result of this transition, according to Elias, was that military strategists began replacing baseball terminology with football terminology in describing battlefield situations and dealings with the enemy. Baseball also became less visible within American military circles at this time with previously significant armed forces diamond competitions being suspended due to lack of interest. Although generally very well written and a competent synthesis of the available research, the book's conclusions regarding baseball's role in America's international relations are not entirely coherent. Elias, for example, does not completely distinguish between the impact of the presence of baseball in foreign locales and the political activities and opinions of professional baseball players on the domestic front. The author seems to infer throughout the book that any connection to baseball that could plausibly influence American foreign relations should be included. Thus the book reads at times like a somewhat random series of loosely connected facts. Despite this, however, Elias succeeds in his primary goal of articulating the substantial connection between America's national pastime and the historical role of the United States in the global community, and the book should be considered a worthy addition to one's personal or institutional library." @default.
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• W2082479384 title "The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad. By Robert Elias. (New York: New Press, 2010. xiv, 418 pp. $27.95, ISBN 978-1-59558-195-2.)" @default.
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