Colby Award Winners

The William E. Colby Award was established in 1999 by the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium at Norwich University in Vermont in order to re ...more

Winners

	The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 378 ratings Colby Award (2022)	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 Quiet Cadence by Mark Treanor Esq. 4.74 avg rating — 152 ratings Colby Award (2021)	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
	Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 62,688 ratings Colby Award (2020)	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
	Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre 3.80 avg rating — 2,811 ratings Colby Award (2019)	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 Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns: Union Soldiers and Trench Warfare, 1864-1865 by Steven E. Sodergren 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings Colby Award (2018)	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
	Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS by David J. Barron 3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings Colby 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
	Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 2,161 ratings Colby 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
	Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) by Douglas V. Mastriano 4.03 avg rating — 103 ratings Colby 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
	Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency by Logan Beirne (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 270 ratings Colby 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
	Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam by Thomas P. McKenna 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings Colby 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
	A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan by Michael Franzak 4.02 avg rating — 300 ratings Colby Award (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
	Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes 4.27 avg rating — 46,964 ratings Colby 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
	If Not Now, When? Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need by Jack Jacobs 4.09 avg rating — 191 ratings Colby 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 Forever War by Dexter Filkins 4.13 avg rating — 11,379 ratings Colby 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
	Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell 4.34 avg rating — 99,869 ratings Colby 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
	Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq by R. Alan King 3.19 avg rating — 31 ratings Colby 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
	Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy by Ian W. Toll (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 7,564 ratings Colby Award (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
	Conduct Under Fire by John A. Glusman 4.01 avg rating — 132 ratings Colby Award (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
	Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont by Kevin J. Weddle 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings Colby Award (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
	One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick 4.20 avg rating — 11,655 ratings Colby Award (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
	Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham 4.16 avg rating — 8,547 ratings Colby Award (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
	The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Bing West 3.86 avg rating — 333 ratings Colby Award (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
	No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident by Robert L. Bateman 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings Colby Award (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
	Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military by Bryan Mark Rigg 4.03 avg rating — 173 ratings Colby Award (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
	Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat by Patrick K. O'Donnell (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 260 ratings Colby Award (2002)	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 Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War by Ralph Wetterhahn 4.01 avg rating — 85 ratings Colby Award (2002)	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
	Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley 4.22 avg rating — 63,143 ratings Colby Award (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
	Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History by B.G. Burkett 4.36 avg rating — 148 ratings Colby Award (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
	A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at Little Bighorn by Frederick J. Chiaventone (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 64 ratings Colby Award (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
	Circle William: A Novel by Bill Harlow 3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings Colby Award (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