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Episode 30 - The Football War

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Sport is often referred to as "war minus the shooting," but in one case in 1969 it helped ignite an actual armed conflict. A contentious World Cup qualifier between Honduras and El Salvador combined with political tensions to spark the so-called "Football War." Nate Jones (author of Able Archer 83) tells the story of the Football War and his work obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act at the National Security Archive. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-30-the-football-war
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Sport is often referred to as "war minus the shooting," but in one case in 1969 it helped ignite an actual armed conflict. A contentious World Cup qualifier between Honduras and El Salvador combined with political tensions to spark the so-called "Football War." Nate Jones (author of Able Archer 83) tells the story of the Football War and his work obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act at the National Security Archive. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-30-the-football-war
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