Winning without Cheating
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When Gamesmanship was published, it was hugely influential for a generation. These days, we expect our sportsmen and women to behave badly and even cheat. It would be harsh to blame Gamesmanship for this. However, Gamesmanship was the first book to point out the lengths some players will go to to win; Stephen Potter was an avid games player and keenly observes how games players put each other off. Influential in adding the words gamesmanship and ploy into the dictionary (in their modern meaning anyway). Some bits sadly are now a little dated, but if you bear that in mind you won't be disappointed.
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Good book - Great Movie
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This is the book that was the basis for the great Arthur Sims and Ian Carmichael movie The School for Scoundrels. While not as easy to read as the movie was to watch it is a funny look at the quaint practices of sportmansship and seduction within the upper classes. Enjoy.
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