There has been a lot of talk about Shock and Awe. It turns out that the book promoting this war crime is online. Prentiss Riddle, at Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada, sent me this:

Shock and Awe:
Achieving Rapid Dominance
by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade

Perhaps for the first time in years, the confluence of strategy, technology, and the genuine quest for innovation has the potential for revolutionary change. We envisage Rapid Dominance as the possible military expression, vanguard, and extension of this potential for revolutionary change. The strategic centers of gravity on which Rapid Dominance concentrates, modified by the uniquely American ability to integrate all this, are these junctures of strategy, technology, and innovation which are focused on the goal of affecting and shaping the will of the adversary. The goal of Rapid Dominance will be to destroy or so confound the will to resist that an adversary will have no alternative except to accept our strategic aims and military objectives. To achieve this outcome, Rapid Dominance must control the operational environment and through that dominance, control what the adversary perceives, understands, and knows, as well as control or regulate what is not perceived, understood, or known.
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Powell Is Not Bringing 'a Smoking Gun' Against Iraq to the U.N. Next Week, U.S. Official Says

Secretary of State Colin Powell is not bringing "a smoking gun" against Iraq to the United Nations next week but will have circumstantial evidence to make a convincing case that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction, a U.S. official said Thursday.
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  thanks to Village Voice

More smoke and mirrors.