1959 awards and prizes

Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 1959.

The Vandervort Prizes

Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.

  • Col. Elbridge Colby

    Elihu Root and the National Guard · Military Affairs 23, no. 1 (1959): 28–34+20

  • Prof. Arvel B. Erickson

    Abolition of Purchase in the British Army · Military Affairs 23, no. 2 (1959): 65–76

  • CommendationRussell Weigley

    The Military Thought of John M. Schofield · Military Affairs 23, no. 2 (1959): 77–84

    In the Journal: Russell F. Weigley