George Pendleton Prize Winners

This annual award is given for an outstanding major publication, on the federal government’s history produced by or for a federal history program. The ...more

Winners

	Toward "Thorough, Accurate, and Reliable": A History of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series by William B. McAllister 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior by Mark A. Bradley 3.55 avg rating — 64 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Senate: An Insider's History by Neil MacNeil 3.79 avg rating — 100 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yamashita's Ghost: War Crimes, MacArthur's Justice, and Command Accountability (Modern War Studies by Allan A. Ryan 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1812: The Navy's War by George C. Daughan 3.96 avg rating — 709 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace (Volume 1) by Kristin L. Ahlberg really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating George Pendleton Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Sin, and Science: A History of Syphilis in America by John Parascandola 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932 by Donald A. Ritchie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House: The History of the House of Representatives by Robert V. Remini 3.95 avg rating — 180 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking the Color Barrier: The U.S. Naval Academy's First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Robert J. Schneller Jr. 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's National Park Roads and Parkways: Drawings from the Historic American Engineering Record by Eric Delony (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge by John M. Ferren 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sky and Ocean Joined: The U. S. Naval Observatory 1830-2000 by Steven J. Dick 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strategy, Money, and the New Look, 1953-1956 (History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Volume III) by Richard M. Leighton 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Training to Fly: Military Flight Training, 1907-1945 by Rebecca Hancock Cameron 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	"Before This Decade is Out . . .": Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program by Glen E. Swanson (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings George Pendleton Prize (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes, 1962-1968 by Harold P. Ford 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings George Pendleton Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Volume IV: Into the Missile Age, 1956-1960 by Robert J. Watson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating George Pendleton Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars