The Dead and Those About to Die by John C. McManus

McManus is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of US military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). McManus continued, “In writing Fire and Fortitude, my intention was to broaden our historical perspective and enhance our understanding of the Pacific/Asia theater in World War II, and my hope is that this remarkable literary recognition will help further that objective.” I want to express my sincere thanks to the jurors, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and the New-York Historical Society.” “As a professional military historian, I have long revered this award for its leading role in the recognition of cutting edge work in the field. “I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this year’s Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History,” stated John C. Every student of history will find it riveting,” observed James Basker, president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “McManus’s Fire and Fortitude is military history at its best, vividly narrated, full of human drama and heroism, restoring to view a painful but important dimension of the American fight in the Pacific in World War II. “We were hugely impressed with all the six books on our shortlist, but McManus’s work stood out, and it more than satisfied each of our four key criteria, which are that it must be historically ground-breaking, excellently researched, extremely well written, and accessible to the general reader.” “This year the Gilder Lehrman Institute Military History Prize judges were unanimous in awarding the $50,000 prize to John McManus’s splendid Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-43,” said Professor Andrew Roberts, chair of the judging committee.

A program celebrating the winner and the shortlisted authors will be recorded and released on Thursday, November 5.

The $50,000 prize is bestowed annually in recognition of the best book in the field of military history published in English during the previous calendar year.

McManus has been awarded the seventh annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 (Dutton-Penguin). New York, NY, Septem– The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that John C.

Winner of the Seventh Annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History AnnouncedĪward Program Available Online Thursday, November 5, 2020

The Dead and Those About to Die by John C. McManus