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By The Gilder Lehrman Institute

The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History recognizes the best book on military history in the English-speaking world distinguished by its scholarship, its contribution to the literature, and its appeal to both a general and an academic audience.

bookcover for Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

Craig L Symonds 

$33.99

$31.61

2023 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Winner

bookcover for Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bruce Henderson, 

Gerald Yamada 

$35.00

$32.55

2022 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Winner

bookcover for The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

Alexander Mikaberidze 

$47.99

2020 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

bookcover for Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

John C. McManus 

$22.00

$20.46

2019 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

bookcover for The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

Peter Cozzens 

$24.00

$22.32

2016 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

bookcover for Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

David L. Preston 

$20.99

$19.51

2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

bookcover for Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I

Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I

Alexander Watson 

$34.99

$41.99

2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

bookcover for Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

Allen Guelzo 

$23.00

$21.39

2013 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

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