Define "spook"

how bout you read the bloody blook ya dungus? it is fairly short

The institutions those people are a part of (namely the state and the monarchy) are the spooks, yes! The actual people themselves are not, but I think you get the concept.

Okay, it makes much more sense when I look at institutions out of a political context. I think I get it, enough for now. I'll check out the book ... after I finish the Greeks.

I will. I'm just mired in world history book that's taking me months to read. I have to memorize everything.