| Bell |
Tom |
The British CP - A Short
History |
L&W |
1937 |
This famous first attempt
at a history of the Party was quickly criticised and withdrawn. |
| Attfield |
John |
1939 - The CP and the
War |
L&W |
1984 |
The proceedings of a
conference; includes contributions from participants, some of whom were
key figures at the time. |
| Kisch |
Richard |
The Days of the Good
Soldiers - Communists in the Armed Forces in WW2 |
Journeyman Press |
1985 |
Based on many interviews,
as official records minimised the importance of political activity in
the armed forces; covers the Cairo Parliament, Heliopolis House of Commons
and other activities incl. various mutinies. |
| Pollitt |
H |
Selected Articles &
Speeches - 2 vols |
L&W |
1953 |
4 vols were planned but
only 2 appeared - probably because of the difficulty of facing up to
the policy changes over the nature of WW2. |
| Fyrth |
Jim |
The Signal Was Spain
- The Aid Spain Movement in Britain 1936-39 |
L&W |
1986 |
|
| Cornforth |
Maurice |
Rebels and their Causes |
L&W |
1978 |
Contains: "The Historians
Group of the C.P." by Hobsbawm and "A L Morton - Portrait
of a Marxist Historian" by Cornforth |
| Bridges |
George |
The CP & the Struggle
for Hegemony |
in "Socialist Register";
Merlin |
1977 |
|
| Bridges |
George |
Silver Linings: Some
Strategies for the 80's - Papers from CUL 1980 |
L&W |
1981 |
Contains: "Rocky
Road Blues: The C.P. & The Broad Democratic Alliance" by Dave
Cook and "Popular Politics & Marxist Theory In Britain: The
History Men" by Schwarz & Mercer. |
| Thompson |
Willie |
The Good Old Cause -
British Communism 1920 - 91 |
Pluto |
1992 |
The first history of
the Party published after its demise ;this is a critical analysis by
a historian who was a long standing member. |
| "Stammers |
John" |
British Workers in Action,
1800-1945 |
Bombay |
1945 |
"A British Communist
answers the commonly repeated charge - "every Briton is an imperialist"
". |
| Skelley |
Jeff |
1926 The General Strike |
L&W |
1976 |
Mainly local studies
& reminiscences; most contributors in CP. Personal reminiscences
incl. P Kerrigan, Bob Davies, Bill Carr, D A Wilson, J Jacobs, H Watson.
Sadly, no index. |
| Rothstein |
Andrew |
British Communists &
the Comintern, 1919-1929 |
in "Communist Review"
(CPB) No.10, Spring |
1991 |
NB says Summer on cover,
Spring inside. |
| Nawrat |
Chris |
Every Cloud Has a Silver
Lining? - The CP, the LP & Representational Politics |
in "Politics and
Power 2", R.K.P. |
1980 |
|
| Taylor |
Graham |
The Marxist Inertia &
the Labour Movement |
in "Politics and
Power 1", R.K.P. |
1980 |
|
| Frow |
Ruth & Eddie |
The CP in Manchester,
1920 - 1926 |
NW |
1979 |
Includes short biographies
of 126 members. |
| Berry |
Joe |
Daily Worker Ban |
in "Communist Campaign
Review" Autumn |
1987 |
|
| Rosser |
Mary |
Daily Worker/Morning
Star - The Role of a Revolutionary Paper |
in "Communist Campaign
Review" Winter |
1987 |
|
| Lewis |
John et al |
The Communist Answer
to the Challenge of Our Time |
Thames Publications |
1947 |
|
| Moore |
Bill |
All Out - The Story Of
the Sheffield Demonstration Against Dole Cuts, Feb 6 1935 |
Sheffield City Libraries |
1983 |
|
| Jackson |
T A |
The Communists - The
Twelve of 1925 |
in "Trials of British
Freedom", L&W |
1940 |
|
| Shipley |
Peter |
Revolutionaries in Modern
Britain |
Bodley Head |
1976 |
|
| Kendall |
Walter |
The Revolutionary Movement
in Britain 1900-21:The Origins of British Communism |
Weidenfeld |
1969 |
Important study that
concludes the formation of the CP was an error, an artificial imposition
on the British labour movement. This is a key debate in the historiography
of the CPGB. Forcibly countered by Hinton in
SSLH No.19. |
| Macfarlane |
Leslie |
The British CP - Its
Origin & Development Until 1929 |
MacGibbon & Kee |
1966 |
Important study that
counters the emphasis of Kendall's controversial "Revolutionary
Movement in Britain". |
| Newton |
Kenneth |
The Sociology of British
Communism |
Allen Lane |
1969 |
One of the major texts
till the recent period; made use of questionnaires and interviews but
no original conclusions. |
| Pelling |
Henry |
The British CP |
Black |
1975 |
This re-issue of 1958
ed. has new short intro. The first history of the CP: readable,well
researched but unremittingly negative esp. on "infiltration"
of T.U.s etc. |
| Wood |
Neil |
Communism and British
Intellectuals |
Gollancz |
1959 |
Very critical of left-wing
intellectuals for getting involved in the CPGB. |
| Callaghan |
John |
The Far Left in British
Politics |
Blackwell |
1987 |
|
| Callaghan |
John |
Socialism in Britain |
Blackwell |
1990 |
|
| Pimlott |
Ben |
Labour and the Left in
the 1930's |
A&U |
1977 |
Very useful analysis
of all left-wing organisations in the 1930s, incl. the CP. |
| Werskey |
Gary |
The Visible College -
A Collective Biography of British Scientists and Socialists of the 1930's |
Allen Lane |
1978 |
Explores in detail the
relationship between the scientific and political ideas of the famous
group of left wing scientists of the 1930s and 40s. |
| Martin |
Roderick |
Communism and the British
Trade Unions, 1924-33: A Study of the National Minority Movement |
O.U.P. |
1969 |
Important document; subtlely
argued. |
| |
|
Suppression Of "The
Daily Worker" & "The Week" |
in "Parliamentary
Debates" Jan 28, HMSO |
1941 |
|
| Northedge |
F S |
Britain And Soviet Communism |
Macmillan |
1982 |
|
| McInnes |
Neil |
The Communist Parties
of Western Europe |
O.U.P. |
1975 |
|
| Durham |
Martin |
The Early Years of the
CP in Birmingham, 1920-24 |
in A Wright (ed.) "Worlds of Labour: Essays
in Birmingham Labour History", Univ. of Birmingham |
1983 |
|
| Morgan |
Kevin |
Against Fascism and War
- Ruptures and Continuities in British Communist Politics, 1935-42 |
M.U.P. |
1989 |
Described by one academic
as "arguably the finest CPGB history". |
| Buchanan |
Tom |
The Spanish Civil War
and the British Labour Movement |
C.U.P. |
1991 |
|
| Carr |
E H |
Mr Gallacher and the
CPGB |
in "Studies in Revolution",
F Cass |
1962 |
|
| Chester |
L et al |
The Zinoviev Letter |
Heinemann |
1967 |
|
| Challinor |
Ray |
The Origins of British
Bolshevism |
Croom Helm |
1977 |
Important, controversial
book; sees the SLP as more revolutionary than the CP. |
| Rolph |
C |
All Those in Favour -
The ETU Trial |
Deutsch |
1962 |
|
| Croucher |
Richard |
We Refuse to Starve in
Silence - A History of the NUWM 1920-46 |
L&W |
1987 |
|
| Jenkins |
Mark |
Bevanism - Labour's High
Tide |
Spokesman |
1979 |
|
| White |
Stephen |
Britain and the Bolshevik
Revolution |
Holmes & Meier |
1979 |