Paul O. Carrese is a Professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. He founded the department on civic thought and leadership at Arizona State University that sparked a renewal of civics in public universities. A Rhodes Scholar, he taught for two decades at the US Air Force Academy. He serves on the Civic Education Committee of the American Political Science Association.

• Preface; Introduction: Can We Sustain the American Idea? 1. What Is American Civics and Why Does It Matter? 2. Can Reflective Patriotism Protect Civics from Propaganda and Partisanship? 3. What Should American Schools Teach? 4. What Should American Colleges and Universities Teach? 5. How Should Civic Culture Sustain America's E Pluribus Unum? 6. The Duty and Delight of Civics and Civic Friendship.

'With his usual clarity and force, Paul Carrese highlights why a morally formative civic education is essential to citizenship in a free society and helps us grasp how such an education might be achieved in our diverse, divided, dynamic republic. This book is just the accessible and balanced roadmap that civic educators, parents, and students have been waiting for.' Yuval Levin, The American Enterprise Institute