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Regnery Publishing
November 2010
On Sale: November 15, 2010
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ISBN: 159698158X
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Non-Fiction Political
Tested by Fire Bobby Jindal has been tested as
few politicians have. And from the Deepwater Horizon oil
disaster to Hurricane Katrina, he’s shown an astounding
ability to beat the odds (and beat the bureaucrats) to get
things done. Then again, Jindal is not your typical
politician. The son of Indian immigrants, a Christian
convert from Hinduism, and a Rhodes Scholar, Jindal presided
over Louisiana’s healthcare system at age 24, headed the
University of Louisiana system at 27, became a U.S.
congressman at 33, and was elected governor of Louisiana at
36. Throughout his meteoric career, Jindal has dealt
with some of the worst crises of our times, from natural
disasters in his home state to out-of-control spending in
Washington, D.C. His secret: the common sense solutions that
bureaucrats (and politicians) ignore in favor of
government–as–usual.
In Leadership and Crisis,
Jindal reveals: How the Obama administration spent too
much time worrying about public perception and not enough on
actually fighting the oil How the federal government
actually impeded Louisiana’s efforts to stem the flood of
oil Why the bureaucratic incompetence during Hurricane
Katrina was even worse than you know How Bobby Jindal took
on Louisiana’s infamous culture of corruption His own
journey from Hinduism to Christianity, from student at
Oxford to Governor of Louisiana, from policy wonk to instant
midwife when he had to deliver his third child
himself Filled with behind–the–scenes stories from the
oil–slicked beaches of Louisiana to the corridors of power
in the U.S. Capitol, Leadership and Crisis offers an
insider’s view into one of the worst environmental disasters
our nation has suffered—and into one of the most unique
success stories of American politics.
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