Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces 2018 Literature Award Recipient

Dennis Showalter wins $100,000 prize for lifetime achievement in military writing

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Jun 26, 2018, 08:00 ET

CHICAGO, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Military historian and author Dennis Showalter is the 12^th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

The Pritzker Literature Award—which includes a gold medallion, citation, and $100,000 honorarium—recognizes and honors the contributions of a living author for a body of work dedicated to enriching the understanding of military history and affairs. The award will be presented at the organization's annual Liberty Gala on November 3 in Chicago.

Military historian and author Dennis Showalter is the 12th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

"It's a great honor to accept the 2018 Pritzker Literature Award," said Showalter. "No one who wins this award does it alone. We stand on the shoulders of the men and women of our profession, our colleagues, and above all the students."

Showalter is the author of more than 16 major publications, including Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century, and Frederick the Great: A Military History. He has gained recognition for his research demonstrating the interrelationship between the military and civil society.

The Pritzker Literature Award has been awarded to James McPherson, Allan Millett, Gerhard Weinberg, Rick Atkinson, Carlo D'Este, Sir Max Hastings, Tim O'Brien, Sir Antony Beevor, David Hackett Fischer, Sir Hew Strachan and Peter Paret.

Showalter is Professor Emeritus at Colorado College, and a former President, Vice President, and Trustee of the Society for Military History. He has served as Editor or Editor in Chief for a variety of military history journals and book series, including Oxford Bibliographies: Military History.

The Pritzker Literature Award is sponsored by the Pritzker Military Foundation. To learn more, visit www.pritzkermilitary.org.

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