American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Andrew Cuomo

Oct 2020 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 readers 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.

Ratings and reviews

If I could give this ZERO STARS, I WOULD. During the peak of this pandemic, when there were thousands of NYers dying every day, how did Cuomo have time to write a book about how he "beat" the pandemic, MONTHS before the numbers even started declining?! Over 11,000 NYers that we KNOW OF died as a DIRECT RESULT OF CUOMO'S MISMANAGEMENT - between issuing universal "DNR" orders to all first responders and putting Covid+ patients into nursing homes, knowing FULL WELL that the elderly are the most (and nearly ONLY) ones affected by it... He CAUSED this horror show! The author of this book is a murderer, and I discourage EVERYONE from paying a DIME of your hard-earned money - especially since he's the only NYS government worker who GOT a raise, while telling everyone else the state is "too broke for THEIR raises." He is now the HIGHEST PAID GOVERNOR ($400,000/year) in the United States - while he REFUSES to give up his DICK-tatorship power and let US WORK to FEED OUR FAMILIES. DO NOT BUY!!!

Cuomo forgot to put in the part where he attempts to purge the elderly of NY and then lied about the numbers of elderly dead so Trump couldn't use it against him. Real peace of work. This book should have the genre changed to fantasy at this point.

Ah yes new york.. A state that has roughly 5% of covid cases but over 10% of the deaths for united states statistics. Please teach us your failings. Did you know .067% of covid infected people in new york die. The national average is .026%! Two monthes later and the usa is .0188 death rate while new york is at a .122, great work!

About the author

Andrew Cuomo was the 56th Governor of New York. He is the author of All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life and Crossroads: The Future of American Politics.