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The Fifth Risk - Michael Lewis
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3.0 flat. There was a lot of glowing praise for this book. I remember someone on Deep State Radio saying that they'd been highlighting something interesting on nearly every page. I'd heard other flowery praise for it as well, and to be honest, from Anna Fifield's reporting, expected a pretty amazing book. It might be so for someone without their head in the Korea game, but if you follow the Peninsula, read what's out there, and follow Anna's reporting, then there's actually not a whole lot that'
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This is a fascinating read about Kim Jong Un. I’ve read many books about North Korea but they all focused on life in North Korea, not on the leadership. Anna Fifield shows us a side of Kim Jong Un that we have never seen before. On the one hand he can be jovial and fun loving, on the other he kills as easily as he breathes. I highly recommend this book. I give it 4 1/2 stars.

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