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Shock and Awe
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Shock and awe, technically termed rapid dominance, is a military strategy based on overwhelming, spectacular displays of force intended to paralyze an adversary's perception of the battlefield and destroy its will to fight, explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and developed for US military application by the National Defense University.
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Core ClaimOverwhelming, spectacular displays of force can paralyze an adversary's perception and will to fight before its own forces are ever engaged in detail. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Shock and Awe
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Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.
1. Wikipedia: Shock and Awe
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explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and was developed specifically for application by the US military by the National Defense University of the United States
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