The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award Winners

The Distinguished Book Awards recognize the best book-length publications in English on military history, whether monograph, bibliography, guide, or o ...more

Winners

	The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook by Michael Livingston (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914 – 1948 by Laila Parsons 4.17 avg rating — 75 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Tonio Andrade 4.27 avg rating — 187 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle by Mark E. Lender 4.59 avg rating — 54 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History [4 volumes] by David T. Zabecki (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich: Supreme Commander of the Russian Army (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) by Paul Robinson 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux 4.34 avg rating — 290 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution by David L. Preston 4.28 avg rating — 244 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Blücher: Scourge of Napoleon by Michael V. Leggiere 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I by Alexander Watson (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 809 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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 Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) by Andrew O'Shaughnessy 4.17 avg rating — 884 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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 Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey by George W. Gawrych 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1821-1846 by Samuel J. Watson 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Jackson's Sword: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1810-1821 by Samuel J. Watson 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker 4.06 avg rating — 435 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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 School of Hard Knocks: Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces (Volume 12) (C. A. Brannen Series) by Richard S. Faulkner 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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 Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology by Clifford J. Rogers (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (2011)	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
	Triquet's Cross: A Study of Military Heroism by John Macfarlane 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (2011)	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 Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson 3.89 avg rating — 1,500 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (2011)	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
	Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) by Chad L. Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 46 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (2011)	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
	Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945 (Modern War Studies Series) by Edward J. Drea 3.99 avg rating — 84 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War by Daniel E. Sutherland 4.15 avg rating — 65 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History (3 Volumes) by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Douglas Haig and the First World War by John Paul Harris really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN by Andrew Wiest 4.28 avg rating — 46 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	Vauban under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession by Jamel Ostwald 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War by Ingo Trauschweizer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (2 Volumes) by Philip Sabin (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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
	The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History, 5 Volume Set by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (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