2002 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2002.
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
Distinguished Book Awards
The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.
Mark Stoler
Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliances, and U.S. Strategy in World War II
In the Journal: Mark A. Stoler
At War At Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century
Robert H. Ferrell, editor, for William S. Triplet
A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne, A Colonel in the Armored Divisions, and In the Philippines and Okinawa
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
Emory Upton and the Citizen Soldier · The Journal of Military History Vol. 65, No. 2, April 2001
Edward Westermann
Fighting for the Heavens from the Ground: German Ground-Based Air Defenses in the Great War, 1914-1918 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 65, No. 3, July 2001
In the Journal: Edward B. Westermann
Michael Coles
Ernest King and the British Pacific Fleet: The Conference at Quebec, 1944 ("Octagon") · The Journal of Military History Vol. 65, No. 1, January 2001
In the Journal: Michael H. Coles
Michael I. Whitby
Matelots, Martinets, and Mutineers: The Mutiny in HMCS Iroquois, 19 July 1943 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 65, No. 1, January 2001
In the Journal: Michael J. Whitby
Edwin H. Simmons Award
For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.
Dennis Showalter
In the Journal: Dennis E. Showalter
George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History
An annual lecture at the American Historical Association meeting, printed in the Journal.
Ernest May
1947-48: When Marshall Kept the U.S. Out of War in China
In the Journal: Ernest R. May
Organization of American Historians annual meeting