The total defence snap link for national resistance: territorial defence forces – The Swiss example
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2022
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01A - Journal article
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Security: Theory and Practice
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48
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3
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237-246
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Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM
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Kraków
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For nations facing expansionist and revisionist neighbours such as Russia or China, a total defence approach provides a mechanism to protect both territorial integrity and political sovereignty. A key component for any effective total defence concept is volunteer, citizen-soldier territorial defence forces (TDF). This paper emphasises the role these territorial formations play as the critical snap link between the military and civilian population in such a national defence strategy. The territorial defence forces, like the snap link in mountaineering, connect the military to the civilian population in a way to ensure popular support for national resistance efforts. The article offers the historical example of Switzerland as an exemplar of total defence from 1939 to 1991 and demonstrates the role its citizen-soldier forces played in linking the population to overall resistance efforts.
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2451-0718
1899-6264
1899-6264
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English
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Stringer, K. (2022). The total defence snap link for national resistance: territorial defence forces – The Swiss example. Security: Theory and Practice, 48(3), 237–246. https://doi.org/10.48269/2451-0718-btip-2022-3-017