Archive - Book Club of God's Spies by Thomas Neuburger

Book Club: New Focus and New Works

News of site enhancements

Jul 4 •

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May 2025

Alfred McCoy: The British Empire and Scientific Racism

Justifying Western abuse in the 19th century — Part Four of a series on McCoy's 'To Govern the Globe'

May 9 •

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March 2025

Alfred McCoy: A World in Transition and the Rise of Capital Rule

The Dutch encroach on the Spanish and Portuguese Empires — Part Three of a series on McCoy's 'To Govern the Globe'

Mar 14 •

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February 2025

Alfred McCoy: The Quest for Global Control

The Iberian Age — Part Two of a series on McCoy's 'To Govern the Globe'

Feb 28 •

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January 2025

Introduction: 'To Govern The Globe'

A view from the edge of the cliff

Jan 22 •

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December 2024

Channeling Gore Vidal in a James Bond Book

A surprisingly radical take on America and WW II

Dec 27, 2024 •

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November 2024

Violence and Responsibility in 'Ministry for the Future'

Under-appreciated themes in Kim Stanley Robinson's well-received climate novel

Nov 22, 2024 •

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August 2024

Who Invented Syntax?

If the language of primates is grunts and groans, where did declensions and conjugations come from?

Aug 21, 2024 •

Thomas Neuburger

October 2022

More About the 'Dawn of Everything' Series

New features for God's Spies readers

Oct 10, 2022 •

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Reflections on Graeber and Wengrow’s ‘Dawn of Everything’

On the day that climate trumps all, who will we be? Perhaps we’ll become what we’ve been.

Oct 5, 2022 •

Thomas Neuburger

August 2022

Schedule News and a Coming Feature

What if history is a circle after all — not mythical history, but the actual thing?

Aug 25, 2022 •

Thomas Neuburger

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