© 2026 Utah Public Radio
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Headlines give you the “what,” but UPR gives you the “why.” As other commercial outlets pull away from this kind of in-depth journalism, we're leaning in. We need you to keep it going: GIVE NOW

War Language

NPR | By Andy Bowers
Published March 23, 2003 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Andy Bowers examines some of the language used to describe the war in Iraq, including the frequent use of the phrase, "shock and awe."

Copyright 2003 NPR
Andy Bowers
Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.