▁ ▁was ▁a ▁Swiss ▁military ▁the or ist . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁influ ential ▁seven - volume ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁gu err illa ▁war fare ▁manual ▁Total ▁Res istance ▁( Der ▁totale ▁W ider stand : ▁Eine ▁Kle ink rie gs an leitung ▁für ▁Jed ermann ), ▁which ▁made ▁him ▁the ▁intern ation ally ▁best - known ▁Swiss ▁tact ical ▁the or ist . ▁ ▁Von ▁D ach , ▁a ▁Bern ese , ▁was ▁employed ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁in ▁the ▁training ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Swiss ▁Def ence ▁Department . ▁His ▁emphas is ▁on ▁broad ly ▁based ▁irregular ▁war fare ▁was ▁not ▁shared ▁by ▁senior ▁Army ▁leaders , ▁who ▁preferred ▁to ▁focus ▁Switzerland ' s ▁Cold ▁War ▁defence ▁efforts ▁on ▁conventional ▁combined - ar ms ▁tact ics ▁and ▁equipment . ▁Con sequently , ▁his ▁views ▁had ▁no ▁influence ▁on ▁army ▁strategy . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁wide ▁read ership ▁found ▁by ▁Total ▁Res istance , ▁von ▁D ach ▁was ▁not ▁promoted ▁beyond ▁the ▁relatively ▁junior ▁rank ▁of ▁Major ▁which ▁he ▁att ained ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁before ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁This ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁easier ▁for ▁the ▁army ▁to ▁disc laim ▁responsibility ▁for ▁his ▁writ ings , ▁which ▁were ▁critic ized ▁as ▁advoc ating ▁conduct ▁that ▁viol ated ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁war . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁Chief ▁of ▁the