European Total Defence by Gjermund Forfang Rongved - 9781032805467

European Total DefencePast, Present and Future\nAuthor(s): Gjermund Forfang Rongved\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032805467, 978-1032805467\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses the origins, experiences, and challenges of total defence in Europe and comprises a broad spectrum of national case studies as well as one international organisation NATO.\n\nThe topic of total defence has been brought to the fore by deglobalisation, augmented international tension, the US pivot to Asia, grey?zone threats, Covid?19, and not least by the increased Russian threat during the 2010s, which culminated in the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The analysis here is based on an in?depth analysis of the four major Nordic countries, the Baltic countries, Poland, Ukraine, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, as well as a perspective from NATO itself. This volume argues that although the activity that we describe as total defence has many labels a.