Who Will They Put in Uniform? investigates Britain's military manpower challenge, the proposed Reserve-style Home Defence force and the difficult questions surrounding citizenship, residency, allegiance and security. It examines how other Western nations have widened military recruitment, what powers already exist within British law, and what could happen if voluntary recruitment were ever no longer enough.
This is not a prediction of imminent conscription, nor a claim that Britain is secretly recruiting migrants into a new army. It is an investigation into the decisions that may confront the country if a future crisis demands more people than Britain can provide.
Because defence policy is abstract-until somebody has to serve.