Peters (political science, Citrus College) and Woolley (political science, U. of California at Santa Barbara), both experts on the presidency, offer a fifth edition of their encyclopedic-style resource on the history, powers, and responsibilities of the three branches of U.S. government, congressional and presidential elections, the people involved, and the Constitution. - Book News, Inc.

Gerhard Peters is the co-creator, along with John T.Woolley, of The American Presidency Project. Peters if professor of political science at Citrus College in Glendora, California.

John T. Woolley is professor of political science and department chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara. One of the creators of the American Presidency Project,Woolley has written extensively on the president’s management of the economy, presidential vetoes, and the study of change in the presidency.