21st Century U.S. Military Documents: Shock and Awe, Achieving Rapid Dominance-Momentous Defense Paper on New Strategies, Harlan Ullman, James Wade, and others plus Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Military Manuals, Field Manuals, and Textbooks Co

SHOCK AND AWE PAPER: This is a complete reproduction of the famous Pentagon study which suggested the concept, widely discussed during the early days of the Iraq War in 2003, of "shock and awe" as a new strategy for victory. The study, entitled "Shock and Awe - Achieving Rapid Dominance" was authored by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade, with L.A. "Bud" Edney, Fred M. Franks, Charles A. Horner, and Jonathan T. Howe, for the National Defense University in 1996. The report states: "Rapid Dominance, if realized as defined in this paper, would advance the military revolution to new levels and possibly new dimensions. Rapid Dominance extends across the entire threat, strategy, force structure, budget, infrastructure formula with broad implications for how we provide for the future common defense. Organization and management of defense and defense resources should not be excluded from this examination although, in this paper, they are not discussed in detail. The aim of Rapid Dominance is to affect the will, perception, and understanding of the adversary to fit or respond to our strategic policy ends through imposing a regime of Shock and Awe. Clearly, the traditional military aim of destroying, defeating, or neutralizing the adversary's military capability is a fundamental and necessary component of Rapid Dominance. Our intent, however, is to field a range of capabilities to induce sufficient Shock and Awe to render the adversary impotent. This means that physical and psychological effects must be obtained. Rapid Dominance would therefore provide the ability to control, on an immediate basis, the entire region of operational interest and the environment, broadly defined, in and around that area of interest."

In addition, we have reproductions of over forty military training manuals, field manuals, doctrine, and textbooks related to weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical, and biological threats. Documents in this collection:

Chemical Accident Contamination Control; Chemical And Biological Agents; Chemical And Biological Contamination Avoidance; Chemical Operations; Chemical Staff And Units; Civil Disturbance National Guard; Commanders Tactical NBC Handbook; Counter NBC Ops Air Force Doctrine; Dermatology Textbook; Field Behavior Of NBC Agents; Field Hygiene And Sanitation; Field Manual Bio Agent Casualties 2002; Field Mgmt Chem Casualties; First Aid 2002; Health Service Support NBC; Joint Doctrine NBC Operation; Joint Doctrine Nuclear Ops; Joint Doctrine Theater Nuclear Operations; Med Mgmt Bio Casualties 3rd Ed And 4th Ed; Med Mgmt Instructor Guide; Med Mgmt Radiological Casualties 2003; Medical Aspects Of Chemical And Biological Warfare (Two Versions); Medical Consequences Of Nuclear Warfare Textbook; Medical Management Of Blast Injuries; Medical Support Nuclear Chemical; NBC Battlebook; NBC Consequence Management Multiservice; NBC Decontamination; NBC Defense Fixed Sites; NBC Defense Operations; NBC Field Handbook; NBC Protection (Two Titles); NBC Reconnaissance; NBC Vulnerability Analysis; Nuclear Contamination Avoidance; Nuclear Operations Air Force Doctrine; War Psychiatry Textbook; WMD Civil Support Team.

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