Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

Given by Naval Order of the United States

30 Works 5,371 Books 122 Reviews 4.2
This is the award given by Naval Order of the United States (see Wikipedia).

Not to be confused with the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize given by Society for Military History. Not to be confused with show more the Samuel Eliot Morison Award (1976-77?) given by American Heritage Publishing Company. Not to be confused with the Samuel Eliot Morison Award established by the by the Board of a Trustees of the USS Constitution Museum Foundation in 1977. show less
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WorkYear
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides
2019
Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron by John Wukovits
2018
Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History by Richard Snow
2017
Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea by Tim McGrath
2016
Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings by Craig L. Symonds
2015
Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo by Jack Cheevers
2014
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman
2013
Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway by Elliot Carlson
2012
The Twilight Warriors: The Deadliest Naval Battle of WWII by Robert Gandt
2011
The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship by James M. Scott
2010
George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea by James L. Nelson
2009
If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy -From the Revolution to the War of 1812 by George C. Daughan
2008
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll
2007
John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior by Joseph Callo
2006
Bloodstained Sea: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944 by Michael G. Walling
2005
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer
2004
On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy by John Lehman
2003
Seapower As Strategy: Navies and National Interests by Norman Friedman
2002
Waiting for Dead Men's Shoes: Origins and Development of the U.S. Navy's Officer Personnel System, 1793-1941 by Donald Chisholm
2001
Dog Company Six by Edwin Howard Simmons
2000
Salt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner by Edward L. Beach
1999
Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century by Ivan Musicant
1998
Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific by Joseph H. Alexander
1997
The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 by John B. Lundstrom
1995
Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey
1993
Admiral John H. Towers: The Struggle for Naval Air Supremacy by Clark G. Reynolds
1992
Command of the Seas: Building the 600 Ship Navy by Jr. John F. Lehman
1989
Stoddert's War: Naval Operations during the Quasi-war with France, 1798-1801 by Michael A. Palmer
1988
Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the USS Washington by Ivan Musicant
1987
First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H. Krulak
1984

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