Harold Wilson bibliography

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century.

There is an extensive bibliography on Harold Wilson. He is the author of a number of books. He is the subject of many biographies (both light and serious) and academic analyses of his career and various aspects of the policies pursued by the governments he has led. He features in many "humorous" books. He was the Prime Minister in the so-called "Swinging London" era of the 1960s, and therefore features in many of the books about this period of history.

Principal books by Harold Wilson

• Wilson, Harold (1945). New deal for coal. Contact. 
• Wilson, Harold (c. 1945). The finance of railway nationalisation. Unknown . 
• Wilson, Harold (1953). The war on world poverty: An appeal to the conscience of mankind. Victor Gollancz. 
• Wilson, Harold (1957). Post-war economic policies in Britain. Fabian Tract 309. Fabian Society. 
• Wilson, Harold; Hugh Gaitskell (1957). Remedies for inflation: a series of Manchester Guardian articles. Labour Party. 
• Wilson, Harold (1964). The new Britain: Labour's plan outlined by Harold Wilson. Selected speeches 1964 Penguin Special 237. Penguin Books. 
• Wilson, Harold (1964). Purpose in Politics: selected speeches by Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 
• Wilson, Harold (1964). The Relevance of British Socialism. [An article reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year 1964.] Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 
• Wilson, Harold (1966). Purpose in Power: selected speeches. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 
• Wilson, Harold (1971). The Labour Government 1964-1970: A personal record. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-0947-3. 
• Wilson, Harold (1976). The Governance of Britain. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-1574-0. 
• Wilson, Harold (1977). A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-1625-9. 
• Wilson, Harold (1979). Final Term: The Labour Government 1974-1976. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-1860-X. 
• Wilson, Harold (1981). The chariot of Israel: Britain, America and the State of Israel. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-2002-7. 
• Wilson, Harold (1986). Memoirs: the making of a Prime Minister 1916-1964. Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-2775-7. 

• Wilson, Harold (1978). Proposals for the setting up of a British Film Authority: Report of the Interim Action Committee on the Film Industry. Chairman: Harold Wilson. Cmnd 7071. HMSO. 
• Wilson, Harold (1948). The Road to Recovery: Fabian Society lectures given in the autumn of 1947 by Douglas Jay, Geoffrey Bing, H.J. Laski, Ian Mikardo, Harold Wilson and Richard Crossman. A. Wingate. 

In addition, several speeches and articles by Wilson are listed in the COPAC catalogue.

Selected titles about Harold Wilson

Biography

• Farr, Martin. ""Wilson, (James) Harold, 1st Baron Wilson 1916-1995." in Reader's Guide to British History London: Routledge, 2003. online at Credo Reference.
• Jenkins, Roy. "Wilson, (James) Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916–1995)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009 accessed 15 Oct 2012
• Pimlott, Ben (1992). Harold Wilson. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215189-8. 
• Ziegler, Philip (1993). Wilson: The authorised life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81276-9. 
• Routledge, Paul (2006). Wilson. Series: The 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Haus Publishing. ISBN 1-904950-68-X. 
• Rosen, Greg (2001). Dictionary of Labour biography. Politico's. ISBN 1-902301-18-8. 

Memoirs of his staff

• Williams, Marcia (1972). Inside Number 10. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-99511-1. 
• Falkender, Marcia (1983). Downing Street in perspective. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-78107-3. 
• Haines, Joe (1977). The politics of power. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-01405-6. 
• Haines, Joe (2003). Glimmers of twilight: Murder, intrigue and passion in the court of Harold Wilson. Politico's. ISBN 1-84275-071-2. 

Analysis of his political philosophies

• Foot, Paul (1968). The Politics of Harold Wilson. Penguin Special 265. Penguin Books. 
• Rosen, Greg (2005). Old Labour to New: The dreams that inspired, the battles that divided. Politico's. ISBN 1-84275-045-3. 
• Wilson, Robin; Frederic Lloyd (1984). Gilbert & Sullivan – The Official D'Oyly Carte Picture History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 
• Plant, Raymond; Matt Beech; Kevin Hickson (2004). The struggle for Labour's soul: Understanding Labour's political thought since 1945. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31283-3. 
• Favrettoa, Ilaria. "'Wilsonism' reconsidered: Labour party revisionism 1952–64," Contemporary British History (2000) 14#4 pages 54–80 doi:10.1080/13619460008581603
• Fielding, Steven. "Rethinking Labour's 1964 Campaign," Contemporary British History, (Sept 2007) 21#3 pp 309–324

Domestic policies

• Rogers, Chris. (2011) "Economic Policy and the Problem of Sterling under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan," Contemporary British History (2011) 25#3 pp 339–363.
• Parr, Helen; Glen O’Hara (2006). The Wilson governments 1964-1970 reconsidered. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35634-2.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthor= (help)
• O'Hara, Glen. "'Dynamic, Exciting, Thrilling Change': the Wilson Government's Economic Policies, 1964–70," Contemporary British History, (Sept 2006) 20#3 pp 383–402
• Borthwick, R.L.; Donald Shell; Richard Hodder-Williams (1995). Churchill to Major: The British Prime Ministership since 1945. Hurst & Company. ISBN 1-85065-147-7. 

Foreign policies

• Colman, Jonathan (2004). A 'special relationship'?: Harold Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson and Anglo-American relations 'at the summit', 1964-68. University of Manchester Press. ISBN 0-7190-7010-4. 
• Daddow, ed., Oliver (2002). Harold Wilson and European integration: Britain's second application to join the EEC. Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-5222-9. 
• Daddow, Oliver (2000). Rhetoric and reality: The historiography of British European policy, 1945-73. University of Nottingham. 
• Gill, David James. (2011) "The Ambiguities of Opposition: Economic Decline, International Cooperation, and Political Rivalry in the Nuclear Policies of the Labour Party, 1963-1964," Contemporary British History (2011) 25# 2 pp 251–276
• Llewelyn, James. "Steadfast Yet Reluctant Allies: Japan and the United Kingdom in the Vietnam War," Diplomacy and Statecraft (2011) 22#4 pp 608–633.
• Oliver, Michael J. (2011) "The Management of Sterling, 1964–1967," English Historical Review (June 2011) 126#520 pp 582–613.
• Parr, Helen (2006). Britain's policy toward the European community: Harold Wilson and Britain's world role, 1964-1967. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5614-3. 
• Robb, Thomas. (2011) "The 'Limit of What is Tolerable': British Defence Cuts and the 'Special Relationship,' 1974-1976," Diplomacy and Statecraft (2011) 22#2 pp 321–337.
• Rogers, Chris. "Economic Policy and the Problem of Sterling under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan," Contemporary British History (2011) 25#3 pp 339–363.

Swinging London

• Nuttall, Jeff (1968). Bomb culture. MacGibbon & Kee. ISBN 0-261-62617-5. 
• Levin, Bernard (1970). The Pendulum Years. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-61963-2. 
• Melly, George (1970). Revolt into Style. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-0166-7. 
• Sandbrook, Dominic (2006). White heat: A history of Britain in the swinging sixties. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-72452-1. 
• Sandbrook, Dominic (2005). Never had it so good: A history of Britain from Suez to the Beatles. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-86083-2. 

"Humour"

• Ingrams, Richard; John Wells (1975). Mrs Wilson's Diary. Private Eye and André Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-96747-8. 
• Ingrams, Richard; John Wells (1966). Mrs Wilson's Second Diary. Private Eye. 
• Kay, Ernest (1967). The Wit of Harold Wilson. Leslie Frewin. 
• Ali, Tariq (1967). The thoughts of Chairman Harold. Gnome Press. 
• Penn, Richard (1965). The Harold Wilson Bunkside Book. Leslie Frewin. 
• Penn, Richard (1966). The new Harold Wilson Bunkside Book. Oldbourne Press. 
• Penn, Richard (1967). The bedside cabinet book. Macdonald & Co. 
• Quit, Amos (1969). The Harold Wilson way out book. Leslie Frewin. ISBN 0-09-100000-9. 

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