Paul Birdsall Prize in European Military and Strategic History

The Paul Birdsall Prize in European Military and Strategic History was established in 1985 by a generous gift from Professor Hans Gatzke. The Birdsall Prize is awarded biennially for the most important work published in English on European military or strategic history since 1870. Preference will be given to the international aspects of military history, particularly military and diplomatic history, but the impact of technological developments, strategic planning, and military events on society—political, economic, and social—will also qualify. Purely technical studies, divorced from historical context, will not be considered. The prize recognizes outstanding published scholarly work in this specialized field of historical research and awards $1,000 to the winner.