{"product_id":"surrogate-terrorists","title":"Surrogate Terrorists","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrogate Terrorists\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239637406040,"sku":"9780761850687","price":44.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761850687.jpg?v=1778573764","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/surrogate-terrorists","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}