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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · 5d

SCAM ALERT!

I've been contacted by several authors; someone is impersonating me, offering to make their book an official selection of our club in exchange for a small fee.

No reputable book club charges authors a fee.

DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · 5d

DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · 12d

Our next meeting will be on November 3, 2025. We'll be discussing "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins. Details in the link below.
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The Jakarta Method, by Vincent Bevins, Mon, Nov 3, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website:](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/the-jakarta-method/9781541724006/)* NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR,

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our next meeting will be on September 22, 2025. We'll be discussing "MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman" by Ben Hubbard. Details in the link below.
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MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman, by Ben Hubbard, Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website:](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601932/mbs-by-ben-hubbard/)* *MBS* is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged fr

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our next meeting will be on July 28, 2025. We'll be discussing "Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook" by Edward Luttwack. Details in the link below.
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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, by Edward Luttwack, Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website:](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674737266)* C*oup d’État* astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step b

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · May 13

Our next meeting will be on June 16, 2025. We'll be discussing "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. Details in the link below.
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The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics, Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bruce-bueno-de-mesquita/the-dictators-handbook/9781541701366/):* Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alasta

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Mar 27

Our next meeting will be on May 5, 2025. We'll be discussing "Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO" by Susan Colbourn. Details in the link below.
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Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO, by Susan Colbourn, Mon, May 5, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website](https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501766022/euromissiles/):* In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against on

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Feb 6

Our next meeting will be on March 24, 2025. We'll be discussing "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social. Details in the link below.
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

*[From the publisher's website:](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/90837/say-nothing-by-patrick-radden-keefe/#)* Jean McConville’s abduction was one of the most noto

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Dec 12

Our next meeting will be on February 3, 2025. We'll be discussing "Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua" by Stephen Kinzer. Details in the link below.
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Blood of Brothers by Stephen Kinzer, Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

***[From the publisher's website:](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674025936)*** In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journ

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DC International Affairs Bookclub @dcia-bookclub.bsky.social · Nov 23

Our next meeting will be on December 9, 2024. We'll be discussing "Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East" by Kim Ghattas. Details in the link below.
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Black Wave by Kim Ghattas, Mon, Dec 9, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup

***[From the publisher's website:](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250131218/blackwave)*** A *New York Times* Notable Book of 2020 “[A] sweeping and authoritative histo