Blood and Soil
His 2007 book "Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur" (Yale University Press) received the 2008 gold medal from the US Independent Publishers Association for the best work of history published in 2007, and the German Studies Association's biennial Sybil Halpern Milton Memorial Book Prize for the best book published in 2007 or 2008 dealing with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in its broadest context, covering the fields of history, political science, and other social sciences, literature, art, and photography.