TY - BOOK AU - ULLMAN Harlan K AU - WADE James P TI - Rapid dominance - a force for all seasons: technologies and systems for achieving shock and awe: a real revolution in military affairs SN - 085516185X (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - RUSI KW - RAPID REACTION FORCES KW - UNITED STATES N2 - Presents the concept of achieving rapid dominance through shock and awe to convince, compel, or scare an adversary into accepting the imposed strategic, political, or operational aims and objectives. This paper proposes the creation of a specific force capable of achieving rapid dominence by fighting and winning a single major regional contingency. This in turn affects the development of military doctrine, tactics, capabilities, and weapons systems ER -