TY - BOOK AU - Rongved,Gjermund Forfang TI - European total defence: past, present and future T2 - Routledge advances in defence studies SN - 9781003497370 AV - UA646 PY - 2025/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - North Atlantic Treaty Organization KW - Military planning KW - European Union countries KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Military / Strategy KW - HISTORY / Military / General KW - Military policy N1 - Introduction : a multiverse of European total defence / Gjermund Forfang Rongved -- On the way to Ukraine's total defence system : existential test for national resilience during Russia's hybrid warfare / Sergii Glebov & Denys Kuzmin -- Switzerland : from total defence paragon to total defence pupil / Kevin D. Stringer -- Civilian-military collaboration and the re-invention of Swedish total defence / Joakim Berndtsson -- Norwegian total defence concepts : approaching total defence 3.0? / Gjermund Forfang Rongved -- Total defence as a contested concept in Danish security and defence transformation / Anne Roelsgaard Obling -- Total defence model at the heart of Finland's national defence and resilience / Teija Sederholm, Rasmus Rannikko & Mikael Salo -- Estonia : the comeback of total defence in the light of Russia's aggression in Ukraine / Viljar Veebel -- Latvia : comprehensive state defence as total defence / Toms Rostoks -- Shielding the nation : the emerging total defence in Lithuania / Giedrius Česnakas -- Poland : total defence in the making / Piotr Szymański -- Total defence in the Netherlands : mission impossible? / Jörg Noll, Theo Brinkel, Floribert Baudet & Annelies van Vark -- NATO and total defence : a framework for national efforts / Paal Sigurd Hilde -- Conclusion : the multiverse of European total defence elucidated / Jörg Noll & Gjermund Forfang Rongved N2 - "This 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. The topic of total defence has been brought to the fore by deglobalisation, augmented international tension and 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. The volume argues that although the activity which we describe as total defence has many labels and various expressions, which follow from each country's own history, geopolitical setting and strategic culture, some aspects of it are to be found in most countries. This is because all countries, at least to some extent, will need their armed forces to rely on civil society in a crisis; however, it is a long way from this to a full-fledged total defence concept. With continued international tension, the need to build resilient societies and the European need to take more responsibility for its own security in a cost-efficient way, the book argues that we should expect total defence to gain importance in the 21st century. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, defence studies, European politics, and International Relations in general"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003497370 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -