Don’t Ask the U.S. Military to Save American Democracy Why the Armed Forces Would Struggle to Rein In Trump PETER D. FEAVER is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University and the author of Thanks for Your Service: The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the U.S. Military. HEIDI URBEN is Professor of the Practice at Georgetown University and the author of Party, Politics, and the Post-9/11 Army.