* The first serious reflection on the first year of the historic Biden Presidency and the Harris Vice Presidency, accessibly written and authoritative.

* Author is well-known and respected, a successful text and trade book author who is also well-connected with media and government as well as academe. He has also worked on presidential transition teams, highly relevant to the current circumstance.

* The book covers the waterfront of institutions and topics regularly taught in American government and paid attention to by citizens and media, thus making it easy to slot into a variety of courses and to resonate with current concerns and events.