Defending Albion is the first published study of Britain's response to
the threat of invasion from across the North Sea in the first two
decades of the Twentieth Century. It examines the emergency schemes
designed to confront an enemy landing and the problems associated with
raising and maintaining the often derided Territorial Force. It also
explores the long-neglected military and political difficulties posed by
the spontaneous and largely unwanted appearance of the 'Dad's Army' of
the Great War, the Volunteer Force.