A review by ttodd86
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

4.0

I have a frustration with this book in that I wish it had been written in a way that might make it more appealing to individuals across the political spectrum. While the Trump administration's fumbled handling -- or even disinterest -- in the transition in the days, weeks and months after the 2016 election is a worthy and important topic, the real stars of this book are the government employees doing often thankless work behind the scenes to protect Americans from all sorts of risks. I don't know that a book focused on these workers would make the NY Times list, but there is a desperate need for our country to really understand what government workers do within a framework of public service rather than the caricatures that they so often become in what passes for political discourse.