Britain at Bay

The author argues that national unity has been eroded by party politics and institutional flaws, leaving the country ill-prepared for modern interstate conflict. He diagnoses a rising German naval challenge and insists that any resort to arms requires both moral justification and material superiority. The text examines strategic and political dimensions, addresses arbitration, disarmament, and the nationalisation of war, contrasts naval and land defence systems, and advocates reorganising forces into a single national army while reforming leadership, finance, mobilization, and conscription to restore readiness and coherent national defence.