Tucson Festival of Books

Alexander Vindman


Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, was the director for European Affairs on the National Security Council, the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was an attaché at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow and Kyiv. He earned his M.A. from Harvard and second M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. He leads the national security think tank, Institute for Informed American Leadership, and the non-profit Here Right Matters foundation. His most recent work is "The Folly of Realism."

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Awards: New York Times Bestselling Author

Communities: Military Veteran


Books:
The Folly of Realism
How the West Deceived Itself about Russia and Betrayed Ukraine
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
PublicAffairs
January 2025
ISBN 9781541705043
304 pages

Here, Right Matters
An American Story
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
HarperCollins Publishers
June 2022
ISBN 9780063079434
264 pages