Confidence in the military over time and today -- Confidence and the gaps: knowledge, media, education, social contact -- How confidence in the military relates to confidence in other institutions -- Performance, professional ethics and public confidence -- Politics, politicization and public confidence -- How social desirability bias props up public support for the military -- Whether/how confidence shapes concrete support for the military -- Whether/how confidence shapes attitudes about the military as an instrument of foreign policy -- Whether/how confidence shapes intangible benefits enjoyed by the military.