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From the former prime minister of Denmark comes an impassioned plea to persuade Americans to elect a president who will restore America to its proper role of global leader, instead of "leading from behind."Anders Fogh Rasmussen is unabashedly pro-American, a fierce defender of freedom, and a public figure unafraid to speak his mind. The Will to Lead is his defense of American leadership in the global struggle for freedom and democracy. A critic of President Barack Obama's policy of "leading from behind" in foreign affairs, Rasmussen argues that this strategy has emboldened Russia and China - and made the world more dangerous and unstable in the past eight years.Rasmussen reviews current geopolitical events - the Arab Spring, the Iranian nuclear deal, the Russian annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine - and critically analyzes the strategy and decision-making of Obama and his secretaries of state John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.