Society for Military History

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. The content on this page originated on Wikipedia and is yet to be significantly improved. Contributors are invited to replace and add material to make this an original article. The Society for Military History is an organization of scholars who research, write and teach military history of all time periods and places. It publishes the quarterly refereed journal Journal of Military History. Its back issues are online through JSTOR. The Society's 75th Annual Meeting will was held in Ogden, Utah April 17-19, 2008, hosted by Weber State University, with the theme is "The Military and Frontiers". The next annual meeting will be April 2-5, 2009, at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, with the theme "Warfare and Culture." The society was established in 1933 as the American Military History Foundation, renamed in 1939 the American Military Institute, and renamed again in 1990 the Society for Military History. Its 2300+ members include many of the most prominent scholars, soldiers, and citizens interested in military history. Membership is open to anyone and includes the journal. Officers Current officers (2008-2009) are: President Dr. Carol Reardon Vice President Dr. John A. Lynn Executive Director Dr. Robert H. Berlin Treasurer Dr. Graham A. Cosmas Journal Editor Dr. Bruce Vandervort Journal Managing Editor Dr. Larry I. Bland Board of Trustees: Conrad C. Crane, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Mark A. Stoler, John F. Votaw, Kathleen Broome Williams, David W. Hogan, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Reina Pennington, Brian Holden Reid, Jennifer Speelman, James Willbanks, and Mitchell Yockelson Prizes The Samuel Eliot Morison Prize recognizes not any one specific achievement, but a body of contributions in the field of military history, extending over time and reflecting a spectrum of scholarly activity contributing significantly to the field. Recent winners include: Jeremy Black, 2008 James McPherson, 2007 Robert Doughty, 2006 Dennis Showalter, 2005 Allan R. Millett, 2004 Edward J. Drea, 2003 John Shy, 2002 Richard Overy, 2001 David M. Glantz, 2000 Geoffrey N. Parker, 1999 Stephen E. Ambrose, 1998 Robert M. Utley, 1997 John Keegan, 1996 Martin Blumenson, 1995 Distinguished Book Awards 2008 Jon Latimer, 1812: War with America John Lawrence Tone, War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 Martha Hannah, Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War. Spencer C. Tucker, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social and Military History 2007 John Grenier, The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814. Robert A. Doughty, Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus. Peter Karsten, ed. Encyclopedia of War and American Society. 3 vols. 2006 H. P. Willmott, The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action George Satterfield, Princes, Posts and Partisans: The Army of Louis XIV and Partisan Warfare in the Netherlands (1673-1678) Steven E. Woodworth and Kenneth J. Winkle, Atlas of the Civil War Colin White, ed., Horatio Nelson, The New Letters 2005 Edward M. Coffman, The Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941 Robert M. Citino, Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare James T. Controvich, United States Army Unit and Organizational Histories: A Bibliography 2004 George C. Rable, Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! Terry Copp, Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy Joshua Brown, ed., A Good Idea of Hell: Letters from a Chasseur a Pied Michael J. Crawford, ed., The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History: Volume III 1814-1815 2003 Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 Hew Strachan, The First World War. Volume I: To Arms Stuart Hills, By Tank Into Normandy: A Memoir of the Campaign in North-West Europe From D-Day to VE Day David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds., Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political and Military History (3 vol) 2002 Mark Stoler, Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliances, and U.S. Strategy in World War II Ronald H. Spector, At War At Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century Robert H. Ferrell, editor, for William S. Triplet, A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne, A Colonel in the Armored Divisions, and In the Philippines and Okinawa See also Military history H-War