The Fifth Risk

This is Michael Lewis at the top of his game. Highly recommended if you want to know how the US Governments (and by extension most democratic governments, including the largest democratic government in the world - India) keep a country safe from natural disasters, terrorists, and the likes. 

Lewis has taken a staid topic - the US Government - and turned it into a page-turner. He writes about how Donald Trump and his administration are endangering American lives through sheer (and wilful?) ignorance and incompetence. However, Lewis skirts the politics and dives straight into the nitty gritty of the US Government administration, and how it keeps America safe. The metaphorical 5th Risk implied in the book's title is the US Government and the Presidency (i.e. administration) itself.

I didn't give it 5-stars because I had set far higher expectations. I wished Lewis could have written more because it turned out to be a shorter book than I had expected.

A must read.