2009 awards and prizes
Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2009.
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
For a body of contributions to military history over a career.
Richard Kohn, University of North Carolina
In the Journal: Richard H. Kohn
Distinguished Book Awards
The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.
The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War
Vauban Under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession
Andy Wiest
Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN
Philip Sabin, Hans van Wees, and Michael Whitby, ed.
The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare
In the Journal: Michael J. Whitby
The Vandervort Prizes
Outstanding journal articles in military history, in the Journal and beyond it.
Recovering the Korean War Dead, 1950-1958: Graves Registration, Forensic Anthropology, and Wartime Memorialization · The Journal of Military History Vol. 72, No. 1, January 2008
Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korea War · The Journal of Military History Vol. 72, No. 2, April 2008
Edward L. Dreyer
Zhao Chongguo: A Professional Soldier of the Former Han Dynasty · The Journal of Military History Vol. 72, No. 3, July 2008
In the Journal: Edward L Dreyer
PROVN, Westmoreland, and the Historians: A Reappraisal · The Journal of Military History Vol. 72, No. 4, October 2008
Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grants
Travel support for graduate students presenting at the annual meeting.
Timothy Orr, Pennsylvania State University
In the Journal: Timothy J. Orr
Robyn Rodriguez, The Ohio State University
Shawn Fisher, University of Memphis
Triet Nguyen, University of Ottawa
Timothy Balzer, University of Victoria
John Mitcham, University of Alabama
In the Journal: John C. Mitcham
ABC-CLIO Research Grants
Research funding for advanced graduate students and early-career historians without a doctorate.
Daniel Hutchinson, Florida State University
Martin R. Gutman, Syracuse University
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.
History from the Middle? The Case of the Second World War
American Historical Association annual meeting