▁General ▁Staff ▁v eto ed ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁Total ▁Res istance , ▁then ▁very ▁popular ▁among ▁officers , ▁as ▁an ▁army ▁manual , ▁partly ▁because ▁of ▁these ▁concerns . ▁Von ▁D ach ▁dismiss ed ▁them ; ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁which ▁he ▁considered ▁the ▁most ▁likely ▁occup ying ▁force ▁during ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁would ▁have ▁no ▁regard ▁for ▁the ▁legal ities ▁of ▁war ▁in ▁any ▁case . ▁He ▁did ▁enjoy ▁t ac it ▁support ▁for ▁his ▁author ial ▁work ▁by ▁his ▁military ▁super iors , ▁because ▁the ▁implicit ▁threat ▁of ▁a ▁sust ained ▁def ensive ▁gu err illa ▁war fare ▁effort ▁represented ▁by ▁his ▁writ ings ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁over arch ing ▁Swiss ▁defence ▁strategy ▁of ▁d eter rence ▁( d iss u asion ). ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Total ▁Res istance , ▁von ▁D ach ▁author ed ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁hundred ▁publications ▁about ▁tact ics , ▁including ▁army ▁manual s , ▁defence ▁journal ▁articles ▁and ▁books , ▁such ▁as ▁Gef e cht ste chn ik ▁(" Com bat ▁technique ", ▁various ▁ed itions ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 7 ), ▁K ampf be isp iele ▁(" Com bat ▁examples ", ▁ 1 9 7 7 ) ▁and ▁K ampf ver fahren ▁der ▁Ver te id igung ▁(" Def ensive ▁combat ▁techniques ", ▁ 1 9 5 9 ). ▁A ▁gift ed ▁draft s man , ▁he ▁illustrated ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁works . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁private ▁life ,