Nearly forty-five years ago, Bobby Jindal’s parents left their home in rural India—a place with no electricity or running water—to build a new life in the United States. Every day, Jindal’s father told him, “You should be grateful that you were blessed to be born in the greatest country in the history of the world”—a country where the son of poor immigrants could grow up to become the governor of Louisiana.
For Jindal, this defining experience bolsters a profound belief in American exceptionalism: Freedom is not just the American way, it’s the American will.
As we approach the next great turning point in this extraordinary nation’s re-markable history, Jindal brings to life inspiring stories from our country’s past that have influenced his beliefs and the indispensable lessons each can teach us about our future. Stories such as the stalwart senator who galvanized the pub-lic against Hillary Clinton’s costly and oppressive socialist health-care proposal in the early 1990s; the entrepreneur whose dogged determination ushered in a worldwide energy revolution, and with it technological innovation and eco-nomic growth; and the Founding Father who refused to “lead from behind” and instead used his vision for the nascent nation’s vast potential and the best interests of its people to outwit a greedy dictator.
In American Will, Governor Bobby Jindal brings to life some of history’s greatest lessons by making readers feel like they were right there at the turning points that defined our republic. Many of its topics are expected to be at the center of the next presidential election: elective wars overseas; the size of government; church and state; school choice; immigration; American exceptionalism; the nature of our enemies; the power of television; and consequences of a divided Republican Party.

About the Author

Bobby Jindal was born in Baton Rouge in 1971 and, after graduating from Baton Rouge High School, went on to attend Brown University, where he graduated with honors in biology and public policy. Follow-ing his graduation he attended Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar. He was elected Governor of Louisiana on October 20, 2007, with 54 percent of the vote in the primary, winning 60 of 64 parishes. He has made education and tax reforms top priorities of his tenure in office.