Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winners

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.

The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution

Kevin J. Weddle

$34.95 $32.50

2021 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

Alexander Mikaberidze

$41.95

2020 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

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

John C. McManus

$22.00

2019 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World

Andrew Lambert

$19.95

2018 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost

Cathal J. Nolan

$21.95 $20.41

2017 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

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

Peter Cozzens

$21.00 $19.53

2016 Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

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

David L. Preston

$17.95 $16.69

2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

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

Alexander Watson

$41.99

2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

Allen Guelzo

$20.00

2013 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner

Learn more about the Gilder Lehrman Institute's National Book Prizes and our award-winning American history education programs at gilderlehrman.org.