1999 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 1999.
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
Geoffrey N. Parker
In the Journal: Geoffrey Parker
Distinguished Book Awards
The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.
David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie
Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941
John Sugden
Tecumseh: A Life
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
"Our Bloody Ships" or "Our Bloody System"? Jutland and the Loss of the Battle Cruisers, 1916 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 62, No. 1, January 1998
The Rise and Fall of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1882-1892: A Technological Perspective · The Journal of Military History Vol. 62, No. 2, April 1998
China and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 62, No. 2, April 1998
Preserving the "Habits and Usages of War": William Tecumseh Sherman, Professional Reform, and the U.S. Army Officer Corps, 1865-1881, Revisited · The Journal of Military History Vol. 62, No. 3, July 1998
Edwin H. Simmons Award
For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.
George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History
An annual lecture at the American Historical Association meeting, printed in the Journal.
Russell Weigley
What Military Historians Can Teach Other Historians
In the Journal: Russell F. Weigley
American Historical Association annual meeting