[1][2][3][4][5] The book spent fourteen weeks on The New York Times non-fiction best-seller list.

[6] A lengthy excerpt from the book was published twice by The Guardian, using a quote from a top adviser to Trump in the title.

[7] Barack and Michelle Obama acquired the rights to the book for a Netflix series about the U.S.

[8] The 2022 American documentary comedy series The G Word with Adam Conover is "loosely inspired" by the book.

[9] John MacWilliams, a risk management expert at the United States Department of Energy from the Obama Administration, gave Lewis the top five risks he saw for the department: broken arrows (loose nukes and nuclear accidents), North Korean nuclear weapons, an end to the Iran nuclear deal, protecting the electrical grid from cyberterrorism, and internal project management.