Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History

Celebrated historian Andrew Roberts moderates this special program featuring the finalists of the 2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, followed by a talk from the evening’s award-winner. Jointly administered by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and the New-York Historical Society, the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History seeks to engage public discourse in wartime studies, international relations and diplomacy.

Matthew J. Davenport, author of First Over There: The Attack on Cantigny, America's First Battle of World War I (St. Martin's Press)

U.S. Army Reserve Veteran Matthew J. Davenport explores America’s first modern military battle which utilized the support of tanks, airplanes, and modern artillery.

David L. Preston, author of Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution (Oxford University Press)

David L. Preston, professor of national security studies, recounts the brutal 1755 military defeat in which a group of Indian warriors overtook the North American British commander in chief and his army.

Nicholas Stargardt, author of The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945 (Basic Books)

Nichols Stargardt, professor of modern European history, offers new interpretation of what drove the Germans to fight—and keep fighting—for a lost cause towards the end of World War II.

T.J. Stiles, author of Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America (Alfred A. Knopf)

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian T.J. Stiles provides a new, sweeping look at Civil War General George Armstrong Custer, expanding and reinterpreting the legacy of the talented military leader.

Andrew Roberts (moderator), Chair of the 2015 Judging Committee for the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, is Distinguished Lehrman Fellow at New-York Historical Society and the author and editor of 12 books.