The Fifth Risk David Foster Wallace Take the Lead is a

Take the Lead is a book for anyone who wonders where all the great leaders have gone

When you know what's stopping you

He is on trial for being different - an outsider

The presence of rogue states – North Korea most notoriously today – suggest that the focus of the responsible world is shifting away from the conventional post-war obsessions with Europe and the Middle East

but it is a later affair with a beautiful millionaire that brings into question the larger fantasies of a ruthless decade

The Fifth Risk David Foster Wallace Take the Lead is aWhat are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? "The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even