Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Naval History Prize

The Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize, honoring an outstanding work on American naval history, is awarded each year by the New York Council of the Navy League in cooperation with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) and the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The prize commemorates the contributions made by Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt while serving as assistant secretaries of the navy and their support of the navy during their presidential administrations. It includes a $5,000 cash prize.

Roosevelt Naval History Prize Winners:

2005 Craig L. Symonds for his book Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History (Oxford University Press, 2005)

2004 Spencer Tucker for his book Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring (Naval Institute Press, 2004)

2003 Nathaniel Philbrick for his book Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Viking, 2003)

2002 Greg Kennedy for his book Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933-1939 (Frank Cass Publishers, 2001)

2001 John H. Schroeder for his book Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat (Naval Institute Press, 2001)

2000 Bill Gilbert for his book Ship of Miracles (Triumph Books, 2000)

1999 Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller Jr. for their book Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War (United States Naval Institute, 1999)

1998 Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, with Annette Lawrence Drew for their book Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (Public Affairs Press, 1998)

1997 James and Patricia McPherson for their book Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, USN (Oxford University Press, 1997)

1996 Raimondo Luraghi for his book The History of the Confederate Navy (Naval Institute Press, 1996)

1995 Joseph H. Alexander for his book Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa (Naval Institute Press, 1995)

1994 Gary E. Weir for his book Forged in War: The Naval-Industrial Complex and American Submarine Construction, 1940-1961 (Naval Historical Center, 1993)

1993 Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley for their book Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal (Knopf, 1992)

1992 Edward Miller for his book War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 (Naval Institute Press, 1991)

1991 Francis Duncan for Rickover and the Nuclear Navy: The Discipline of Technology (Naval Institute Press, 1990)

1990 B. Mitchell Simpson III for his book Admiral Harold R. Stark: Architect of Victory, 1939-1945 (University of South Carolina Press, 1989)

1989 James R. Reckner for his book Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet: The World Cruise of the American Battle Fleet, 1907-1909 (Naval Institute Press, 1988)

1988 Robert Erwin Johnson for his book Guardians of the Sea: A History of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present (Naval Institute Press, 1987)

1987 Edward L. Beach for his book The United States Navy: 200 Years (Henry Holt, 1986)

1986 Ronald Spector for his book Eagle Against the Sun