recent data from gal up on shows that confidence in american institutions on the whole is in decline. small siness is the u.s. institution in which we have the most faith, followed by the american military. but even faith in the military is on the wane. today 60% of americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. that s down 4% in the last year. a new book argues that even that level of support is actually hollow. peter fever is a political science professor at duke university. he s the author of thanks for your service, the causes and consequences of public confidence in the u.s. military . peter, welcome back. if public confidence in the military is high, but it s hollow, does that suggest that some don t mean it when they say thank you for your service? i think that s the case. it s what political psychologists call social desirability bias, where you give the answer you think is the politically correct answer, but