Books by Stephen Potter
The Complete Upmanship
by Stephen Potter
This book is seminal in the history of sports writing. What I really like about his writing is that he is half serious and half humorous. He actually claims to have coined the word gamesmanship.
Interviews where books by Stephen Potter were recommended
The best books on Sportsmanship and Cheating, recommended by Debanjan Chakrabarti
Debanjan Chakrabarti, head of the Intercultural Dialogue Programme of the British Council in India, says good sportsmanship is a 19th-century imperial construct. He walks us through five engaging books on sportsmanship and cheating.
