2015 awards and prizes

Samuel Eliot Morison Prize

For a body of contributions to military history over a career.

The best book-length publications in English on military history, in four categories.

Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire
In the Journal: Andrew O’Shaughnessy
Alexander Watson
Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
Michael V. Leggiere
Blucher: Scourge of Napoleon

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

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

Nathan Packard, Naval War College; Georgetown University
The Marine Corps’ Long March: Modernizing The Nation’s Expeditionary Forces in the Aftermath of Vietnam, 1970-1991
In the Journal: Nathan R. Packard
Honorable mentionJonathan Abel, University of North Texas
Guibert: Father of the Grande Armee

Research funding for a doctoral dissertation in any field of military history.

Sofia Zepeda, University of Arizona
Fighting Men, Enduring Women: Sailors and their Families in the United Kingdom, 1770-1820

Travel support for graduate students presenting at the annual meeting.

Olivier Burtin, Princeton University
Daniel Fitzgerald Giblin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
In the Journal: Daniel F. Giblin
David A. Harrisville, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alexander Nordlund, University of Georgia, Athens
Lindsey R. Peterson, University of South Dakota
Tyler D. Sperrazza, Pennsylvania State University

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

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

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