Total Resistance (Paperback)

by H. Von Dach (Author) "The purpose of guerrilla warfare is to continue resistance in those parts of the country occupied by the enemy, or to continue the fight after..." (more)
Key Phrases: civilian resistance movement, fire support elements, guerrilla detachment, State Security Service, State Youth Movement (more...)

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Product Description
This is a legendary work by the famed Swiss expert on guerrilla warfare, Major H. von Dach. Survivalists have rediscovered this important study on resistance and underground operations, some making it the keystone of their libraries. Well-written and illustrated with easy-to-understand drawings, Total Resistance analyzes and overviews the techniques needed to overcome an invading force, formation of guerrilla units, weapons, food and medical considerations, ambushes, sabotage and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (July 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873640217
• ISBN-13: 978-0873640213
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,583 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Total Resistance-Required Reading for Freedom Lovers, April 6, 2000

By A Customer

I received this book yesterday, and read it from cover to cover that afternoon.

Major Von Dach published this book in 1958, but its tactical information is invaluable even today. The good Major covers the major aspects of both passive and active resistance to an invading force, and the information he provides will be useful against oppresive tyrants everywhere.

I found this book to be well written, although there are a few mistakes in editing. The illustrations could have been drawn on a larger scale as well.

In my opinion, this book is a valuable resource for any freedom loving individual anywhere in the world.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Swiss are certainly prepared for anything!, August 19, 2006

By	E. Fryman "Concerned Citizen" (Radcliff, Kentucky Free United States of America) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In his landmark book, Total Resistance, the Swiss Army Guide to Guerrila Warfare and Underground Operations, Major Von Dach has certainly expanded my mind and has shown through practical participation how all can resist tryanical invaders, whenever and wherever the forces of tyrany raise their ugly head. Despite the fact that it was writen in 1958 and released in the United States in 1965, the portons of the book especially devoted to the organization and mobilization of the occupied citizenry are still very much up to date when dealing with the means to combat and defeat those with tyranical designs on any population who's maxium "Death rather than Slavery!"

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE book freedom fighters in occupied territory need, April 12, 2002

By	Matt Maggio (Burlington, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This is a no-BS crash course in guerrilla warfare against occupation - better than any of the others. If you can't figure it out from this book, all the others combined won't help you.

It shows how very-minimally-equipped guerrillas can effectively make any area ungovernable to occupation governments - providing, of course, that there is widespread hostility there to the occapation government. And it makes clear how very few guerrillas are needed to do so.

It's the book the Swiss government issued to its civilians to prepare them to fight back against any enemy - but that Washington wouldn't dare pass out here in occupied Red Nation, because it's the divorce manual for occupied Red Nation!