Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winners

The intent of the prize is to draw public attention to military history not only as an important staple of education in the areas of international rel ...more

Winners

	The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost by Cathal J. Nolan (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 294 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for Military History (2017)	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
	Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I by Alexander Watson (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 789 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History (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
	Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen C. Guelzo 4.28 avg rating — 2,718 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History (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

nominees

	The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China by Julia Lovell 3.89 avg rating — 1,225 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century by David Reynolds 4.03 avg rating — 607 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945 by Richard Overy 3.96 avg rating — 435 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by Andrew O'Shaughnessy 4.17 avg rating — 871 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War by Peter R. Mansoor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815 by R.J.B. Knight 4.10 avg rating — 96 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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
	The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) by Rick Atkinson 4.46 avg rating — 9,096 ratings Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Nominee (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

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