ALEXANDER WATSON WINS $50,000 GUGGENHEIM-LEHRMAN PRIZE IN MILITARY HISTORY
Book RING OF STEEL chosen tonight in New York City ceremonyThe book RING OF STEEL: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I by Alexander Watson was chosen tonight in a ceremony at the New-York Historical Society as the winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. The prize carries a purse of $50,000 for the winning author. RING OF STEEL was published by Basic Books in October 2014. It was chosen by a panel of judges earlier this year as one of the three finalists from almost 100 submissions. The Prize is awarded annually in recognition of the best book in the field of
