2007 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2007.
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
James McPherson
In the Journal: James M. McPherson
Distinguished Book Awards
The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.
The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814
Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War
Adrian Goldsworthy
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Peter Karsten, editor
Encyclopedia of War and American Society · 3 vols
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
Dying with Honour: Literary Propaganda and the Second English Civil War · The Journal of Military History Vol. 70, No. 1, January 2006
Stephen R. Ortiz
The New Deal for Veterans: The Economy Act, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Origins of New Deal Dissent · The Journal of Military History Vol. 70, No. 2, April 2006
In the Journal: Stephen R Ortiz
The Politics of Surrender: Canadian Soldiers and the Killing of Prisoners in the Great War · The Journal of Military History Vol. 70, No. 3, July 2006
Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Toulon Expedition of 1707, and the English Historians-A Dissenting View · The Journal of Military History Vol. 70, No. 4, October 2006
Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grants
Travel support for graduate students presenting at the annual meeting.
Barton A. Myers, University of Georgia
John R. Maass, Ohio State University
Jody Perrun, University of Manitoba
Angela Zombek, University of Florida
Jim Flook, University of Florida
Thomas Nester, Texas A&M University
In the Journal: Thomas G. Nester
Edwin H. Simmons Award
For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.
Larry Bland
In the Journal: Larry I. Bland
George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History
An annual lecture at the American Historical Association meeting, printed in the Journal.
States Make War, and Wars Also Break States
American Historical Association annual meeting