A viewer recommends Major D. H. Cole's Imperial Military Geography as a contemporary framework for British imperial defense. The book combines the geography of defense problems with the forces immediately available. It also surveys the manpower and material that could ultimately be mobilized for national and imperial needs. The response recognizes the work from a library copy, making this passage a useful reading lead for the strategic assumptions behind the Tsingtao counterfactual.
Notable Point · 36:41-37:43
A period guide to British imperial defense geography
D. H. Cole's Imperial Military Geography is recommended as a period source for understanding British defense problems, available forces, and imperial resources.