A rediscovery of Montesquieu's legacy in shaping America's complex political order including influence on Washington's practical moderation.

Paul O. Carrese is Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. He has been a Rhodes Scholar, research fellow at Harvard University, Massachusetts, Fulbright Scholar at the University of Delhi, and a Fellow of the James Madison Program, Princeton University, New Jersey.

Part I. Tocquevillean Moderation in Philosophy and Founding: 1. Montesquieu's philosophy of moderation - natural right, liberalism, constitutionalism; 2. Washington's harmony - the balance of traditions in the American founding; 3. Tocqueville's deepening of modern moderation; Part II. Moderation and Statesmanship, at Home and Abroad: 4. Religion and liberty in America - the spirit of Montesquieu and Tocqueville; 5. Moderation, American grand strategy, and Washington's statesmanship; 6. Constitutionalist political science - Storing's moderation and our polarization.