This is a bit of a silly book and totally lacking the drama that the title suggests. Published in 2016 on the eve of Donald Trump’s election, Tevi Troy’s perspective in some areas seems almost quaint: in the face of disasters, natural or man-made, Presidents have to worry about the national debt and deficit while they comfort and reassure the nation. Debt? Deficit? President Donald Trump would have to divert resources from the Wall and his Space Force to even begin to address any crisis, actions he has proven himself unwilling to do in Puerto Rico and other hard-hit areas. As a former advisor to George H. W. Bush, Troy’s take is solidly conservative, and as a result the book is packed with helpful advice for surviving a crisis on your own when the President fails to come to your rescue (which with this President in charge is probably not so silly). His mentions of climate change’s effects in exacerbating natural disasters are extraordinarily delicately worded, unforgivable for any thinking human being. His analysis of historical Presidents are the best parts of the book, but there isn’t enough of this; I did enjoy his rehabilitation of Herbert Hoover’s reputation. And now I’m going to go re-supply my first aid kit and stock a month’s worth of food and water.