# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Evening with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 02 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 02 Jul, 2025 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Books & Books and Alexander Vindman for a compelling discussion on "The Folly of Realism"About this EventThe Books & Books Literary Foundation presents an evening with leading national security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman at Coral Gables Congregational Church, discussing (PublicAffairs, $30).A chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences.About the Book:An Instant New York Times BestsellerA chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences – “A must-read for anyone who wants to understand what went wrong and how it can be fixed” (Serhii Plokhy, Harvard University)After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six US presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia, playing into its imperialist, centuries-long mythos of regional hegemony. The result: military aggression and full-scale invasion. It was all too foreseeable.In The Folly of Realism, leading national security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues that America’s mistakes in Eastern Europe result from policymakers’ fixation on immediate, short-term problem-solving and misplaced hopes and fears. He proposes a new long-term, values-based approach that insists on the fundamentals of liberal democracy and a rules-based world order.Enlivened by firsthand accounts and behind-the-scenes interviews with leading Washington and international policymakers and culminating in the shocking brutality of Putin’s invasions of Ukraine, the book exposes the follies of western foreign policymaking, sources of the dangerous return of Russian imperialism, and proscribes how it can be contained.About the Author:Alexander Vindman, a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel, was the director for European Affairs on the National Security Council. Before that, he served as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the US Embassies in Moscow and Kyiv. While on the Joint Staff, he authored the National Military Strategy for Russia.He earned an MA from Harvard University, where he served as a Hauser Leader, and an MA and PhD from Johns Hopkins, where he is a senior fellow. Dr. Vindman leads the national security think tank Institute for Informed American Leadership, is the president of the non-profit Here Right Matters Foundation, an executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation, and a senior advisor to VoteVets. Dr. Vindman is the author of the Why It Matters Substack and the New York Times bestselling books Here, Right Matters and The Folly of Realism. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/2b7c1860-4e18-11f0-ba59-7d7a7f1edfd7-rimg-w477-h740-dc5d5f5e-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/2ba99100-4e18-11f0-a985-8fd66d6cbfb2-rimg-w1200-h432-dcffffff-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/coral-gables/an-evening-with-lt-col-alexander-vindman/100001395311256529 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Coral Gables - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ - **lat**: 25.742511 - **long**: -80.27848999999998 - **full address**: Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: An Evening with Lt. 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