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American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Audiobook, by Andrew Cuomo Play Audiobook Sample

American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Audiobook

American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Audiobook, by Andrew Cuomo Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Andrew Cuomo Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2020 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593402474

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

54

Longest Chapter Length:

27:31 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

22 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

10:38 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward.

“An impressive road map to dealing with a crisis as serious as any we have faced.”—The Washington Post


 

When COVID-19 besieged the United States, New York State emerged as the global “ground zero” for a deadly contagion that threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions. Quickly, Governor Andrew Cuomo provided the leadership to address the threat, becoming the standard-bearer of the organized response the country desperately needed. With infection rates spiking and more people dying every day, the systems and functions necessary to combat the pandemic in New York—and America—did not exist. So Cuomo undertook the impossible. He unified people to rise to the challenge and was relentless in his pursuit of scientific facts and data. He quelled fear while implementing an extraordinary plan for flattening the curve of infection. He and his team worked day and night to protect the people of New York, despite roadblocks presented by a president incapable of leadership and addicted to transactional politics.

 

Taking listeners beyond the candid daily briefings that became must-see TV across the globe, and providing a dramatic, day-by-day account of the catastrophe as it unfolded, American Crisis presents the intimate and inspiring thoughts of a leader at an unprecedented historical moment. In his own voice, Andrew Cuomo chronicles the ingenuity and sacrifice required of so many to fight the pandemic, sharing the decision-making that shaped his policy as well as his frank accounting and assessment of his interactions with the federal government, the White House, and other state and local political and health officials. Real leadership, he shows, requires clear communication, compassion for others, and a commitment to truth-telling—no matter how frightening the facts may be.

 

Including a game plan for what we as individuals—and as a nation—need to do to protect ourselves against this disaster and those to come, American Crisis is a remarkable portrait of selfless leadership and a gritty story of difficult choices that points the way to a safer future for all of us.

This audiobook includes a PDF that contains A Blueprint for Going Forward.

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“Listeners can’t help but appreciate the honesty and forthrightness that he brings to his memoir of the first months of the pandemic. He takes foes to task but also offers up criticism of some of his own actions and behaviors. His empathy and anger come through as he shares this fascinating story of a leader’s attempt to tackle a crisis unlike any other.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “It is a book unlike anything ever written by a governor before because no one has lived through and managed the crisis that he has.”

    — Lawrence O’Donnell, New York Times bestselling author
  • “The hero that America never realized it needed until he was on our television screens every night…has taken his talents to the page.”

    — Entertainment Weekly
  • “An impressive road map to dealing with a crisis as serious as any we have faced.”

    — Washington Post
  • It is a book unlike anything ever written by a governor before because no one has lived through and managed the crisis that he has.

    — Lawrence O’Donnell
  • The hero that America never realized it needed until he was on our television screens every night . . . has taken his talents to the page.

    — Entertainment Weekly

Awards

  • New York Times bestseller
  • An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick of the Year

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