Surrogate Terrorists
Iran's Formula for Success- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2010
Summary
Today, National Security is embroiled in the unknown, the uncertain, the unseen, and the unexpected. In the twenty-first century, failed states, rogue states, ethnic militias, and radical extremists produce transnational actors involved in global conflicts. During the 1980s, Iran used Hizballah as a surrogate terrorist organization. This was an excellent example of the transition from the traditional state-centered paradigm ordered around conventional strength between rival states to a new type of warfare practiced today. The model created from this research shows many of the conditions, activities, and events necessary to create a state-sponsored terrorist group and provides the reader with indicators that such a group is being formed. Surrogate Terrorists explores some of the analytic methodology used to understand terrorism, insurgency, asymmetric warfare, and state practice of denial and deception. It closes with examples of state-sponsored surrogate terrorist groups' centers of gravity that can be exploited.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7618-5068-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7618-5094-6
- Publisher
- Hamilton Books, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 77
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter 1: Existence of an Area Under Conflict No access Pages 1 - 8
- Chapter 2: Creation of the Surrogate Group No access Pages 9 - 24
- Chapter 3: Creation of Ambiguity to Avoid Responsibility/Blame No access Pages 25 - 34
- Chapter 4: Maintenance No access Pages 35 - 48
- Chapter 5: Dealing With the Aftereffects No access Pages 49 - 56
- Chapter 6: Surrogate Centers of Gravity That Can Be Exploited No access Pages 57 - 62
- Chapter 7: Conclusion: What Aren't We Seeing But Should Be? No access Pages 63 - 68
- Index No access Pages 69 - 76
- About the Author No access Pages 77 - 77





