2008 awards and prizes

Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2008.

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.

  • Jon Latimer

    1812: War with America

  • John Lawrence Tone

    War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898

  • Martha Hannah

    Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War

  • Spencer C. Tucker, ed.

    The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social and Military History

The Vandervort Prizes

Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.

Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grants

Travel support for graduate students presenting at the annual meeting.

  • Mathew Ford, King’s College, London

  • Andrew Hargreaves, King’s College, London

  • Lori Ann Henning, Texas A&M University

  • Eric Klinek, Temple University

  • Patrick J. Rose, King’s College, London

  • Jacqueline E. Whitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ABC-CLIO Research Grants

Research funding for advanced graduate students and early-career historians without a doctorate.

  • Katherine Epstein, Ohio State University

    In the Journal: Katherine C. Epstein

  • Waitman Wade Beorn, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Edwin H. Simmons Award

For long, distinguished or particularly outstanding service to the Society.

  • Wendy Vandervort

George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History

An annual lecture at the American Historical Association meeting, printed in the Journal.