1996 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 1996.
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
John Keegan
Distinguished Book Awards
The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.
One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990
Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
Daniel Hughes
Schlichting, Schlieffen, and the Prussian Theory of War in 1914 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 59, No. 2, April 1995
In the Journal: Daniel J. Hughes
Nicholas Lambert
Admiral Sir John Fisher and the Concept of Flotilla Defence, 1904-1909 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 59, No. 4, October 1995
In the Journal: Nicholas A. Lambert
Jon Sumida
Sir John Fisher and the Dreadnought: The Sources of Naval Mythology · The Journal of Military History Vol. 59, No. 4, October 1995
In the Journal: Jon Tetsuro Sumida
An "Army of Pigs": The Technical, Social, and Political Bases of Austrian Shock Tactics, 1859-1866 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 59, No. 3, July 1995
Edwin H. Simmons Award
For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.