Army Historical Foundation is the designated fundraising institution for the National Museum of the United States Army. The foundation also has given out awards to authors of books on military history topics since 1997. The awards are known as the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards. It publishes the quarterly journal On Point.[1]
Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards
editThe Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards are given out to books on Army history as well as to authors of journal articles.[2][3][4][5][6]
2020 Awards
edit| Category | Title | Authors | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biography | Courage Above All Things: General John Ellis Wool and the U.S. Military, 1812–1863 | Harwood P. Hinton and Jerry Thompson | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Operational/Battle History | The US Volunteers in the Southern Philippines: Counterinsurgency, Pacification, and Collaboration, 1899–1901 | John Scott Reed | University Press of Kansas |
| Institutional/Functional History | Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies | Earl J. Hess | |
| Journals, Memoirs, and Letters | Rangers Led the Way: WWII Army Rangers in Their Own Words | Chris Ketcherside and George Despotis, MD | Schiffer Military |
| Unit History | To the Last Man: National Guard Regiment in the Great War, 1917–1919 | Jonathan D. Bratten | Army University Press |
| Reference and Compilation | Civil War Flags of Tennessee | Stephen D. Cox | University of Tennessee Press |
| Academic Journals | “‘Our Army will hut this Winter at Valley Forge’: George Washington, Decision Making, and the Councils of War” | Ricardo A. Herrera | Army History, Fall 2020 |
| Journals and Magazines | “‘Ernie Was One of Us’” | Ray Morris Jr. | MHQ–The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Autumn 2020. |
2019 Awards
edit| Category | Title | Authors | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biography | Edward M. Almond and the US Army: From the 92nd Infantry Division to the X Corps | Michael E. Lynch | University Press of Kentucky[9][10] |
| Operational/Battle History | Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy | Donald L. Miller | Simon and
Schuster |
| Institutional/Functional History | Contest for Liberty: Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775–1783 | Seanegan P. Sculley | Westholme Publishing |
| Journals, Memoirs, and Letters | Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War | Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice | William Morrow |
| Unit History | The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomattox, 1859–1865 | John Horn | Savas Beatie |
| Reference and Compilation | World War II Infographics | Jean Lopez, Nicholas Aubin, Vincent Bernard, and Nicolas Guillerat | Thames & Hudson |
| Academic Journals | “The Deadliest Enemy: The U.S. Army and Influenza, 1918–1919,” | Kathleen M. Fargey | Army
History, Spring 2019 |
| Journals and Magazines | “Black Soldiers Fought Segregation, Germans,” | Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Bolger, U.S. Army retired | Army, December 2019 |
References
edit- ^ ISSN 2577-1337; OCLC 1037946714 JSTOR
- ^ a b "Awards Announced for Excellence in U.S. Army History Writing – The Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army". 17 June 2021.
- ^ "AUSA Book Author Wins Distinguished Writing Award". AUSA. August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Recent News".
- ^ "Table of Contents". Parameters. 46 (4): 1–3. 2017. ProQuest 1879964279.
- ^ Yockelson, Mitchell (2017). "General John J. Pershing and His Quest to Form the American First Army". On Point. 23 (1): 36–43. JSTOR 26295931.
- ^ Seelinger, Matthew (21 June 2021). "2020 AHF Writing Awards". STLtoday.com.
- ^ "Awards Announced for Excellence in U.S. Army History Writing" (PDF). Headquarters Gazette. 33 (2). Society for Military History: 23. Summer 2020.
- ^ Hill, Lauren (June 22, 2020). "Alumnus Dr. Michael Lynch wins award for US Army history writing".
- ^ "University Press of Kentucky Receives Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award". UKNow. June 18, 2020.