In fact, his aides and allies took pains to describe his initial flurry of executive activity as “shock and awe,” reviving an ...

Trump's administration has followed through on promised “shock and awe.” And in the chaos and confusion, what we need most is ...

Baghdad was ablaze with thick clouds of smoke rising high over the city as the US and Britain unleashed their war of "shock and awe" against Iraq. Military sources said coalition warplanes and ...

The first misuse of shock and awe came during the Iraq War in March 2003. As the coalition began its offensive against Saddam Hussein, Gen. Tommy Franks, the overall commander, announced a ...

It entered the public’s consciousness during the first days of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ... in execution,” in Hertling’s words, shock and awe aims to “paralyze the enemy’s decision ...

During the transition, Trump’s allies used the phrase “shock and awe” — another throwback to the Iraq war — to describe his plans for the first 100 days. Soon after taking over ...

The Trump presidency in the US has unsettled core assumptions of the world’s future. As peace and prosperity stare at ...