Blue Wave Bookworms announce that the new book for the September discussion will be Alexander Vindman’s “The Folly of Realism.” The discussion is on Tuesday, Sept. 30th, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm at Rowan County Democratic Headquarters, 1504 West Innes Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.

All are welcome and if you have not read the book you are still invited to attend and listen. Book club meets the last Tuesday of each month at 1:30 pm.

Sign up here: https://mobilize.us/s/cos4h6

A review of Vindman’s “The Folly of Realsim” follows:

Mar 11, 2025 NPR’s Book of the Day

More than three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Alexander Vindman is out with a new book on U.S.-Ukraine relations. Vindman, who was born in Ukraine, is the retired Army lieutenant colonel who testified against President Trump in the 2019 impeachment hearings. In his new book, The Folly of Realism, Vindman argues that the United States has taken an incorrect position towards Russia and Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a period spanning six American presidential administrations. In today’s episode, he joins NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly for a conversation that touches on what Vindman calls the Trump administration’s “Russia First” policy, the case for investing in Ukraine and Taiwan, and when the conflict in Ukraine might end.

Listen to the entire interview here: https://youtu.be/fGiCbZcZ66w?si=igpWQwGuen7rBmA6