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Barcode33333003381254
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Circ StatusDue on 4/10/2025
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TitleTHE FOLLY OF REALISM : HOW THE WEST DECEIVED ITSELF ABOUT RUSSIA AND BETRAYED UKRAINE / Alexander Vindman.
AuthorVindman, Alexander S., author.
Call No320.12 Vindman
CollectionNon-Fiction
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320.12 Vindman Due on 4/10/2025BeaverNon-Fiction   333330033812542025

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International Standard Book Number 9781541705043 : HRD
International Standard Book Number 1541705041 : HRD 9781541705067
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 320.1/2
Personal Name Vindman, Alexander S., author.
Title Statement THE FOLLY OF REALISM : HOW THE WEST DECEIVED ITSELF ABOUT RUSSIA AND BETRAYED UKRAINE / Alexander Vindman.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : PublicAffairs, [2025]
Physical Description pages cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction : neo-idealism -- From the Cossacks to Chernobyl : a tale of two national identities -- Ungroup : the view from Washington -- Denuclearization -- The end of history? -- A peaceful transfer of power -- The war on terror -- A non-peaceful transfer of power -- Russia revanchist -- NATO membership and Russia's war on Georgia -- The revolution of dignity -- Little green men -- Neo-idealism and President Trump -- Conclusion : a neo-idealist US policy.
Summary, Etc. "A bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism - with catastrophic consequences. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that boosted Putin's Russia and made U.S. relations with all-important Ukraine secondary to the Russia relationship, thus unwittingly playing into Russia's imperialist, centuries-long myth of its supposed regional hegemony. The result should have been foreseeable: Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea and 2022 invasion of Ukraine. As leading national-security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues, this history ofU.S. missteps is bound up in policymakers' fixation on immediate, short-term, and transactional thinking. He proposes instead a long-term, values-based approach, where forthright insistence on the fundamentals of liberal democracy and a rules-based worldorder build positive partnerships while refusing to submit to the emotional blackmail of authoritarians. Enlivened by behind-the scenes interviews with big-name Washington policymakers in four administrations and climaxing in the shocking brutality of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the book exposes the sources of a dangerously stubborn problem and shows the way to a better world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Idealism.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Ukrainian question.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Geopolitics Philosophy.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Realism.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Foreign relations 1989-
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Foreign relations Russia (Federation)
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Foreign relations Ukraine.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Russia (Federation) Foreign relations United States.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Ukraine Foreign relations United States.