The ACTA are expected to appear in 2001. Nicholas A. Lambert for his book Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution , University of South Carolina Press, 1999. The other members of the award panel are Hew Strachen of the University of Glasgow, Karl Larew of Towson University, Colonel Robert Doughty of West Point, and independent historian Robert Cowley. Robin Higham, the editor emeritus of Military Affairs , has three new edited volumes from Greenwood Press. The Writing of Official Military History provides students, faculty, and general readers with specific information and insights into the ways in which official military history has been written and why.
Coverage is international in scope.
The Western Hemisphere and the Pacific Rim . The Irish Regiments in the Army of the Potomac , which examines how soldiers in the twelve Irish regiments of the Army of the Potomac were recruited, trained and performed in battle. The book is available from the author at 125 Henderson Avenue, Norwood, PA 19074. Peter Paret, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, has been awarded the Order of Merit by the German Federal Republic for his writings on German history, culture and art. Among Professor Paret's other recent honors are the Thomas Jefferson Medal of the American Philosophical Society, and the honorary membership of the German Clausewitz Society.