- 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.

|This book is among the first serious looks at the first 18 months of the Biden administration and its many challenges. From a tortured transition to a raging pandemic, a fragile economy, and the threat of international insecurity, Joe Biden entered office at a time even more fraught than that he faced as a new vice president. Confronting a nation divided sharply along political, cultural, and sociodemographic lines, Biden and Kamala Harris promised to unify the country, change the tone in Washington, mend fences with allies, and "build back better" a world assailed from stem to stern. This book assesses the successes and shortfalls of the Biden administration´s first 18 months in office, putting all in perspective of the current state of democracy in America. Intended to introduce students of American government to the person (Biden) and the institution (presidency) within a particular system (separation of powers), this book will appeal broadly to citizens, media, and general interest readers in the United States and abroad.