Abstract:A cottage industry of media pundits, business executives, retired military officers, ex-bureaucrats, and former politicians has emerged over the past decade, harkening back to the mid-20th century searching for lessons in civility borne of national service and shared sacrifice. Inspired by this sense of public nostalgia and bygone call to service, the 114th Congress (2015-2017) chartered a blue-ribbon commission to "review the military selective service process" and public service writ-large (Benton, 2019, p.… Show more
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