2014 awards and prizes

Recipients of the Society's awards, prizes and grants presented in 2014.

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.

  • Samuel J. Watson

    Jackson’s Sword: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1810-1821, and Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1821-1846

    In the Journal: Samuel Watson

  • Geoffrey Parker

    Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

  • George W. Gawrych

    The Young Ataturk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey

  • Spencer Tucker, editor

    American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection

    In the Journal: Spencer C. Tucker

The Vandervort Prizes

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

SMH-GCMF Prize for the Use of Digital Technology in Teaching Military History

Material for teaching military history that makes use of evolving digital technology.

  • Donald P. Wright, general editor

    Vanguard of Valor: Small Unit Actions in Afghanistan (Enhanced Edition)

Edward M. Coffman First Manuscript Prize

The best dissertation in military history, defended in the previous calendar year.

  • Ellen Tillman, Texas State University, San Marcos

    Dollar Diplomacy by Force: U.S. Military Experimentation and Occupation in the Dominican Republic, 1900-1924

    In the Journal: Ellen D. Tillman

  • Honorable mentionAndrew Rath, Advanced Technical Intelligence Center, Virginia

    Britain’s and France’s Crimean War Naval Campaigns Against Russia in Imperial Context, 1854-1856

Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grants

Travel support for graduate students presenting at the annual meeting.

  • Tyler Bamford, Temple University

    In the Journal: Tyler R. Bamford

  • Kyle Bracken, Florida State University

  • Jerome Devitt, Trinity College, Dublin

  • Ian Johnson, The Ohio State University

    In the Journal: Ian Ona Johnson

  • Mary Elizabeth Walters, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

ABC-CLIO Research Grants

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

  • Seth A. Givens, Ohio University

  • Zachary Matusheski, Brandeis University

    In the Journal: Zachary M. Matusheski

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.