{"product_id":"9781541705043","title":"The Folly of Realism","description":"Author: Alexander Vindman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781541705043\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs leading national-security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues, this history of U.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 world order build positive partnerships while refusing to submit to the emotional blackmail of authoritarians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnlivened 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363223556254,"sku":"ADS-9781541705043","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781541705043.jpg?v=1767313990","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781541705043","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}