This volume examines how Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama faced the challenges of global leadership in an age of limits defined by change, the decline of US power and the rise of other states, changes in the concept of power, and a modified presidency due to hyper-partisanship. It discusses what hegemonic power is and how it applies to the US; the argument that the US is in decline; how each of the presidents dealt with international leadership in the age of limits, including how their actions affected policy for future presidents; and how the US can maintain and expand its global leadership role. Annotation ?016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)