War-Time Series

A Work In Progress

by L. J. Hurst

As no single bibliography of these works seems to exist

(July 2011)

Searchlight Books

· Edited by George Orwell and T. R. (Tosco) Fyvel

· Published by Secker and Warburg

Number	Title and Author	Date Published
1	The Lion and the Unicorn, by George Orwell	February 19, 1941
2	Offensive Against Germany, by Sebastian Haffner
3	The Lesson of London, by Ritchie Calder
4	The English at War, by “Cassandra” & Philip Zec	1941
5	The End of the ‘Old School Tie’, by T. C. Worsley Originally announced as The End of the Public Schools	“First printed April 1941 and destroyed by enemy action. Reset and published in June 1941.” – Text on reverse title page
6	New Map For Europe, by “Viator”
7	*Above All Things – Liberty, by Michael Foot
8	* (The) Artist And The New World, by Cyril Connolly
9
10	Struggle for the Spanish Soul, by Arturo Barea	1941
11	The Case for African Freedom, by Joyce Cary - with foreword by George Orwell	1941
12	Can Britain and America Unite? By G. E. Catlin
13	*The Streets Of Europe, by Arthur Koestler
14	Health For Citizens, by F. Lafitte
15	The Moral Blitz: War Propaganda And Christianity, by Bernard Causton
16	Beyond the "Isms", by Olaf Stapledon
17	Parent's Revolt, by R. (presumably Richard) Titmuss
18	Life and the Poet, by Stephen Spender	1942. Dustwrapper design by Zec
Apocrypha	Bless 'Em All: An analysis of the British Army, its Morale, Efficiency and Leadership. By ‘Boomerang’. Preface by Frank Owen. (Secker and Warburg, 1942). This was not part of the Searchlight Series. Orwell was suspected of being the author, though he was not. ‘Boomerang’ later revealed that he was Alan Wood, who in 1950 exposed ‘The Groundnut Affair’.	1942

Note: 1. The current web-site of Harvill, Secker and Warburg’s successor, claims “The series was originally planned to include 17 books, but was discontinued after the publication of ten when bombing destroyed paper stocks.” However, Stephen Spender’s volume seems to have been number eighteen, and at least fourteen were contracted for, of which Orwell’s was the best-selling (about 12,500 copies).

Note 2. Peter Davison’s George Orwell: A Literary Life says (page 109) “Seventeen Searchlight books were commissioned but seven were not written (including those by Michael Foot, Cyril Connelly, Tosco Fyvel, and Arthur Koestler)”. These are marked *.

The books were sold in hardback at two shillings each.

Macmillan War Pamphlets

· Published by Macmillan, and (Canadian Series) by Macmillan Canada

· Numbers One to Eight were published by Macmillan New York as England Speaks: A Symposium in 1941

Number	Title and Author	Date Published
1	Let There Be Liberty - A.P.Herbert
2	War With Honour - A.A.Milne
3	Nordic Twilight, by E. M. Forster	1940
4	The Crooked Cross - The Battle Between The New Racial Paganism And The Protestant Church, By The Dean Of Chichester (i.e. Dr. A.S.Duncan-Jones)
5	Nazi And Nazarene, By Ronald Knox
6	When I Remember, by J. R. Clynes
7	For Civilization, by C. E. M. Joad
8	The Rights Of Man, by Harold Laski
9	Open Letter Of An Optimist - Hugh Walpole
10	The Mysterious English - Dorothy L.Sayers
11	Argument Of Blood - Julian Huxley
12	Science in Chains, by Richard Gregory
13	Why Britain Fights, By R. H. Tawney	1941
14	Minds In The Making, by E. R. Dodds
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16
17
18
	Conscription, by Lou L. L.. Golden	1941

Macmillan War Pamphlets. Canadian series
Canadian Women in the War Effort, by Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton	1942
The Royal Canadian Navy, E. H. Bartlett	1942
French Canada at War, by Jean-Charles Harvey	1941
Somewhere in England: War letters of a Canadian Officer on Overseas Service, by John Douglas Macbeth
The New Canadian Loyalists, by John Murray Gibbon	1941

Round Table War Pamphlets
How Shall We Pay for the War. 1: Germany and the Allies Compared. 2: Britain's Economic Problems. (In one volume)	1945

Democratic Order Series

· Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner

• “A Series of Pamphlets” Edited by Francis Williams

Number	Title and Author	Date Published
1	What Are We Waiting For? A Call To Britain, By Francis Williams	1941
2	Freedom is our Weapon A Policy For Army Reform, by Tom Wintringham	1941
3	Make Fruitful the Land! A Policy for Agriculture, by Sir George Stapledon	1941
4	To Hell With Culture: Democratic Values Are New Values, by Herbert Read	1941
5	Start Planning Britain Now; A Policy for Reconstruction, by Ritchie Calder	1941
6	Democratise The Empire: A Policy for Colonial Change, by Professor W M Macmillan	1941
7	Who is to Pay for the War-- And the Peace?, by Douglas Jay	1941
8	Parliament Must Be Reformed. A Programme for Democratic Government, by Ivor Jennings	1941
9	Challenge to the Churches: Religion and Democracy, by Professor John Macmurray	1941
10	Reconstruction And Peace: Needs and Opportunities, by “Balbus” (Julian Huxley, pseud.)	1941
11	Privilege Must Go: A Policy for Education, by H.L. Beales
12	End Poverty And Insecurity: A New Social Standard, by A. D. K. Owen
13	Propaganda’s Harvest, by Kingsley Martin
14	The Future Of Nations: Independence Or Interdependence? By E H Carr	1941
15	End Monopoly Exploitation: A Policy For Industry, By Hugh Quigley	1941
16	End Social Inequality: A Programme for Ordinary People, by Barbara Wootton	1941
17	Britain Must Rebuild: A Policy for Regional Planning, by Frank Pick

Volumes were Crown Octavo in size, and priced at 1s. net each

Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs &

Oxford Pamphlets on Home Affairs

· Published by Oxford University Press

· Publisher: Arthur Norrington

	World Affairs
1	The Prospects Of Civilization, By Sir Alfred Zimmer
2	The British Empire, By H. V. Hodson
3	Mein Kampf, By R. C. K. Ensor.
4	Economic Self-Sufficiency, By A. G. B. Fisher.
5	Race' In Europe, By Julian Huxley
6	The Fourteen Points And The Treaty Of Versailles, By G. M Gathorne-Hardy
7	Colonies And Raw Materials, By H. D. Henderson
8	‘Living-Space,' And Population Problems By R. R. Kuczynski
9	Turkey, Greece, And The Eastern Mediterranean, By G. F Hudson.
10	The Danube Basin, By C. A. Macartney.
11	.*The Dual Policy, By Sir Arthur Salter, MP
12	Encirclement, By J. L. Brierly.
13	* The Refugee Question, By Sir John Hope Simpson
14	The Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk, By J. W. Wheeler-Bennett
15	Czechoslovakia; By R. Birley.
16	Propaganda In International Politics, By E. H. Carr.
17	* The Blockade 1914-1919, By W Arnold-Foster
18	National Socialism And Christianity, By N Nicklem
19	* Can Germany Stand The Strain? By L P Thompson
20	Who Hitler Is, By R. C. K. Ensor.
21	The Nazi Conception Of Law; By J. Walter Jones.
22	An Atlas Of The War.
23	The Sinews Of War, By Geoffrey Crowther
24	*Blockade And The Civilian Population, By Sir William Beveridge
25	Paying For The War, By Groffrey Crowther.
26	*The Naval Role In Modern Warfare, By Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond
27	* The Baltic, By J Hampden Jackson
28	*Britain’s Air Power, E Colston Shepherd
29	Life & Growth Of The British Empire, By J. A. Wiliamson.
30	*How Britain’s Resources Are Mobilized, By Max Nicolson
31	Palestine, By James Parker
32	India, By L. F. Rushbrook Williams.
33	Labour Under Nazi Rule, By W. A. Robson
34	Russian Foreign Policy, By Barbara Ward.
35	Was Germany Defeated In 1918? By Cyril Falls.
36	The Gestapo, By O. C. Giles.
37	War And Treaties, By Arnold D. McNair.
38	Britain's Blockade, By R. W. B. Clarke.
39	South Africa, By E. A. Walker.
40	The Arabs, By H. A. R. Gibb.
41	The Origins Of The War, By E. L. Woodward.
42	What Acts Of War Are Justifiable? By A. L. Goodhart
43	Latin America, By Robin A. Humphreys
44	The Military Aeroplane, By E. Colston Shepherd.
45	The Jewish Question, By James Parkes.
46	Germany's ‘New Order,' By Duncan Wilson
47	Canada, By Graham Spry.
48	Italian Foreign Policy, By Barbara Ward.
49	Holland And The War, By G. N. Clark
50	American Foreign Policy, By D. W. Brogan
51	Norway And The War, By G W. Gathorne-Hardy.
52	Britain's Food In Wartime, By Sir John Russell.
53	The Arsenal Of Democracy, By A. J. Brown
54	China, By P. M. Roxby
55	Japan And The Modern World. By Sir John Pratt.
56	Belgium And The War, By G. N. Clare.
57	Greece, By S. Casson.
58	Britain And China, By Sir John Pratt.
59	Who Mussolini Is, By Ivor Thomas.
60	War At Sea To-Day, By Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond
61	An Atlas of the U.S.S.R: 16 Maps With Explanatory Text, by Jasper H Stembridge
62	Soviet Asia, by Violet Connelly	1942
63	An Atlas on the U.S.A. With 19 Maps with Explanatory Text, by Jasper H Stembridge	1943
64	The British Pacific Islands, by H. Luke
65	An Atlas Of the British Empire 20 Maps with explanatory text, by Jasper H Stembridge
66	The Uphill War Sept 1939 - Nov. 1942, by R C K Ensor	1944
67	French Foreign Policy, by David Thomson
68	The British Colonies, by Vincent T Harlow
69	France, by Dorothy M Pickles
70	Japan, by Sir George Sansom
71	The Tropical Far East, by J S Furnival	1945
72	The Problem of Austria, by E J Passant
C.1	All Right Mr Roosevelt (Canada and the United States), by Stephen Leacock. Published in Toronto	1939
C.2
C.3	The Ukrainian Canadians and the War, by Watson Kirkconnell	1940

* These titles are omitted from the catalogue on the back of volume 60.

	Home Affairs
1	How Britain is Governed, by Ronald Buchanan McCallum	1943
2	The Newspaper, by Ivor Thomas	1943
3	The Transition from War to Peace, by A C Pigou
4	Britain’s Future Population, by R F Harrod	1943
5	Will the War Make Us Poorer, by Young, Michael and Burnbury, Henry N	1943
6	English Law, by James Leslie Brierley	1943
7	British trade unions, by Mary Agnes Hamilton	1943
8	The Churches in Britain by A T P Williams
9	Britain’s Housing Shortage, by M Bowley	1944

Published for The Liberal Book Club

· Published by Nicholson and Watson

Number	Title and Author	Date Published
??	Power In Men, by Joyce Cary	1939
??	Future For Democracy, by Ramsay Muir	1939

The New Democracy Series

· Published by Nicholson and Watson

Number	Title and Author	Date Published
??	Battle for Health: A Primer of Social Medicine, by Stephen Taylor	1944
??	There’s Work For All, by Michael Young and Theodor Prager	1945
	Women and Work, by Gertrude Williams	1945
	Women and a New Society, by Charlotte Luetkins
	Citizen and Government, by J A Hawgood
	Managers and Men, by L John Edwards and Patricia Elton Mayo
	Education, by Harold Shearman
	Human Problems in Industry, by N M Davis
	The Arms of the Law, by Margery Fry

Personal Sources:-

Copies of the works in question

Title lists on dust jackets

www.abebooks.co.uk booksellers’ descriptions

Reference (Neither of these has been seen):-

David R. COSTELLO,

Searchlight Books and the Quest for a 'People's War', 1941-42,

in: JContHist 24, 1989, p. 257

Fishburn, Matthew.

Books Are Weapons: Wartime Responses to the Nazi Bookfires of 1933

Book History - Volume 10, 2007, pp. 223-251

E-ISSN: 1529-1499 Print ISSN: 1098-7371

DOI: 10.1353/bh.2007.0004