Feuchtwanger, Edgar. Bismarck (Routledge Historical Biographies) (2002) 276 pp, basic starting point
Frankel, Richard E. Bismarck’s Shadow. The Cult of Leadership and the Transformation of the German Right, 1898–1945 (2005); 222 pp. ISBN 1-84520-033-0,
Gall, Lothar. Bismarck: The White Revolutionary (1986) 2 vol
Gerwarth, Robert. "Inventing the Iron Chancellor," History Today 2007 57(6): 43-49, in EBSCO
Gerwarth, Robert. The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy of the Iron Chancellor (2005) 216 pp.; 019928184X
Holborn, Hajo. "The Constitutional Conflict in Prussia and the Early Years of the Bismarck Ministry" pages 131–172, "The Founding of the New German Empire, 1865-71", pages 173–229, "Bismarck and the Consolidation of the German Empire, 1871-90", pages 233–297, from The History of Modern Germany 1840–1945. Alfred A Knopf (1969)
Hollyday, F. B. M. Bismarck (Great Lives Observed), Prentice-Hall, (1970).
Kent, George O. Bismarck and His Times 1978 online edition
Lerman, Katharine Anne. Bismarck: Profiles in Power. Longman, 2004. ISBN 0-582-03740-9; 312pp
Ludwig, Emil, Bismarck: The Story Of A Fighter, (1927)
Müller, Frank Lorenz. "Man, Myth and Monuments: The Legacy of Otto von Bismarck (1866–1998)," European History Quarterly 2008 v.38 pp 626+ DOI: 10.1177/0265691408094517
Paur, Philip. "The Corporatist Character of Bismarck's Social Policy," European History Quarterly, Oct 1981; vol. 11: pp. 427 – 460.
Pflanze, Otto. Bismarck and the Development of Germany. (3 vols. 1963–90).
Robinson, Janet, and Joe Robinson. Handbook of Imperial Germany (2009) excerpt and text search
Sheehan, James J. German History, 1770-1866 (1989), dense, thorough political history
Sheehan, James J. German liberalism in the nineteenth century 1978. online at ACLS e-books
Otto Pflanze, "Bismarck and the development of Germany: the period of unification, 1815-1871", Princeton University Press, 1971.
Stern, Fritz. Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichröder and the Building of the German Empire. Penguin. (1977).
Taylor, A. J. P. Bismarck: the Man and the Statesman. Alfred A Knopf, New York, (1969).
Urbach, Karina. "Between Saviour and Villain: 100 Years of Bismarck Biographies," Historical Journal 1998 41(4): 1141-1160
Waller, Bruce. Bismarck at the Crossroads. The Reorientation of German Foreign Policy after the Congress of Berlin 1878-1880 (1974)
Wehler, Hans-Ulrich "Bismarck's Imperialism 1862–1890" Past and Present, No. 48, August 1970. pages 119–155
Wetzel, David. A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War (2003)
