2004 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2004.
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.
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
Terry Copp
Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy
Joshua Brown, ed.
A Good Idea of Hell: Letters from a Chasseur a Pied
Michael J. Crawford, ed.
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History: Volume III 1814-1815
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
From Berlin to Leipzig: Napoleon's Gamble in North Germany, 1813 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 67, No. 1, January 2003
French Strategy in 1914: Joffreis Own · The Journal of Military History Vol. 67, No. 2, April 2003
Terence M. Holmes
Classical Blitzkrieg: The Untimely Modernity of Schlieffen's Cannae Programme · The Journal of Military History Vol. 67, No. 3, July 2003
In the Journal: Terence Michael Holmes
A Matter of Timing: The Royal Navy and the Tactics of Decisive Battle, 1912-1916 · The Journal of Military History Vol. 67, No. 1, January 2003
Edwin H. Simmons Award
For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.
Jerry M. Cooper
In the Journal: Jerry Cooper
George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History
An annual lecture at the American Historical Association meeting, printed in the Journal.
Richard Kohn
The New American Militarization
In the Journal: Richard H. Kohn
American Historical Association annual meeting