The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship: or the Art of Winning Games without...

There have been many books written on games, play and the right tactics.\n This is different. Gamesmanship is the art of winning. When playing \nsports or games, there are times when even the best of us can find \nourselves up against superior opponents, with little hope of winning \nwhile playing within the spirit of the game. Gamesmanship is the \npractice of resorting to sly tactics that, while of course remaining \nwell within the rules, might be considered a little underhand. Stephen \nPotter's classic manual is a hilarious look at the ways of disrupting an\n opponent's rhythm, from throwaway remarks to put them off to using body\n language to induce overconfidence. His tongue-in-cheek humour sublimely\n straight-faced, Potter gives examples of successful gamesmanship, which\n continues to be practised by sportsmen around the world. The ultimate \nin polite psychological warfare, Gamesmanship will appeal strongly to \nany sportsman open to bending the rules - without actually brh