John Ehrenberg is Senior Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Long Island University. He has specialized in the history of political theory and contemporary American politics. He is the author of dozens of books and scholarly articles, among them Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea and White Nationalism and the Republican Party. He lives in Brooklyn.

Stephen Eric Bronner is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Rutgers University and president of the American Council for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ACJCR). Author of over twenty books and countless articles, his writings have been translated into over a dozen languages. He was awarded the ME Peace Prize from the Middle East Peace Network. The co-editor lives in Fort Lee, New Jersey.