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Peter D. Feaver is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University. He is Director of the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy and co-PI of the America in the World Consortium. Feaver is also the author of Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations (2003) and Guarding the Guardians: Civilian Control of Nuclear Weapons in the United States (1992). He is co-author of Paying the Human Costs of War (with Christopher Gelpi and Jason Reifler, 2009); Getting the Best Out of College (with Susan Wasiolek and Anne Crossman, 2008, 2nd edition 2012); and Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force (with Christopher Gelpi, 2004). He has published numerous other monographs, scholarly articles, book chapters, and policy pieces on grand strategy, American foreign policy, public opinion, nuclear proliferation, civil-military relations, and cybersecurity. Feaver served on the NSC staff in both the Clinton (as a Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control, 1993-1994) and Bush (as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform, 2005-2007) administrations. He is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group.

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
PART I: Who Has Confidence in the Military?
Chapter 2: Confidence in the Military Over Time and Today
Chapter 3: Confidence and the Gaps: Knowledge, Media, Education, Social Contact
PART II: Why Do People Have Confidence in the Military
Chapter 4: How Confidence in the Military Relates to Confidence in other Institutions
Chapter 5: Performance, Professional Ethics and Public Confidence
Chapter 6: Politics, Politicization and Public Confidence
Chapter 7: How Social Desirability Bias Props Up Public Support for the Military
PART III: Why Confidence in the Military Matters
Chapter 8: Whether/How Confidence Shapes Concrete Support for the Military
Chapter 9: Whether/How Confidence Shapes Attitudes about the Military as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
Chapter 10: Whether/How Confidence Shapes Intangible Benefits Enjoyed By the Military
Chapter 11: Conclusion
List of References
Index