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While popular in the militia officer corps, the book was not well received by senior Army leaders, who favored a defence policy based on conventional combined-arms and mechanized warfare rather than irregular warfare. In 1974, the Chief of the
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against an occupying force, intended to be used by civilians rather than by soldiers. It presumes a form of irregular resistance involving no arms heavier than light infantry arms: rifles, hand grenades and mines.
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organization in 1981. The book was intended to be handed out to trusted people to prepare for a possible Soviet invasion. The book was printed in secret by the French intelligence agency
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noise suppressor (vol. 6) and hand grenades (vol. 7). It concludes with the words: "Better die standing than live kneeling!".
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