Word: skepticsm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...military system in this country has always been dominated, psychologically and spiritually, by civilian attitudes; witness the endemic griping, loyalty with a touch of skepticsm, the general counting of the days until one's time is up. This is made possible only by the non-voluntary aspect of membership; even those who enlist may claim that they did it because they knew it was coming. And it means that the membership feels an overall identity with the free society. The military is an autocracy in which actions are dictated but not attitudes; it may be an unpleasant experience...
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