Past Authors/Participants

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Symposium participants in recent years include such notables as W.E.B. Griffin, Cole Kingseed, Thomas E. Ricks, Rick Atkinson, Lewis Sorley, Dave R. Palmer, Nigel Hamilton, Joseph L. Galloway, Bryan Mark Rigg, Sean Naylor, Frederick J. Chiaventone, Ed Ruggero, James Bradley, Bing West, Patrick K. O’Donnell, Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, Robert L. Bateman, T.X. Hammes, Mark Stoler, Maj. Gen. Sid Shachnow, Williamson Murray, Douglas MacGregor, H.R. McMaster, Adm. Stansfield Turner, Tom Clancy, Stephen Coonts, Mark Bowden, Harold Coyle, Philip Caputo, Winston Groom, Ralph Peters, Dale Brown, Frank Sesno, the late Russell F. Weigley, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), General Al Gray USMC (Ret.), John Katzenbach, Geoffrey Perret, Marvin Kalb, and a number of other distinguished authors.

National Press Club

From 1998 to 2006, the symposium established a partnership with the Eric Friedheim Library of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to co-produce events at the press club for area alumni, club members and the general public.

History of the Symposium at Norwich

Annual Themes
2008 The New Battlefield
2007 Civilians in the Path of War
2006 The Ways of War
2005 The Rules of War
2004 The New Face of War
2003 Uncommon Valor: Ethical Lessons in Military Literature
2002 Raging War: Understanding the 21st Century Enemy
2001 The American Way of War
1999 Info Wars: The Next Battlefield
1998 Ethics in Military Literature and Film
1997 Military Fiction in America: The Craft and Its Influence
1996 Fact and Fiction in 20th Century Military History

THE COLBY AWARD

First established in 1999, the Colby Award recognizes a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a significant contribution to the public’s understanding of intelligence operations, military history or international affairs. The 2009 award will be presented on behalf of the Symposium by co-founder Carlo D’Este and Colby’s grandson, Elbridge Colby, at Norwich.

Past recipients:
2008 R. Alan King, Twice Armed
2007 John Glusman, 
Conduct Under Fire, and Ian W. Toll, Six Frigates
2006 Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away, and Kevin Weddle, Lincoln’s Tragic Admiral
2005 Sid Shachnow and Jann Robbins, Hope and Honor, and Jon Meacham, Franklin and Winston
2004 Bing West and Major General Ray L. Smith, The March Up and Robert L. Bateman, No Gun Ri
2003 Bryan Mark Rigg, Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
2002 Patrick K. O’Donnell, Beyond Valor, and Ralph Wetterhahn, The Last Battle
2001 James Bradley with Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers
2000 B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley, Stolen Valor
1999 Fred Chiaventone, A Road We Do Not Know, and Bill Harlow, Circle William

Armchair General Award

In 2007, Armchair General publisher and CEO, Eric Weider and Editor-in-Chief, Jerry D. Morelock, began an association with the Colby and Norwich University. Armchair General is donating $500 annually (a figure matched by Norwich) to an outstanding student in military history who enrolls in the Norwich Master of Arts in Military History online graduate program. On behalf of Eric and Jerry, the award will be presented at the Colby Award dinner at Norwich on March 26, 2009. In addition, Armchair General is also donating free subscriptions to the magazine for interested Norwich military history students. My sincere thanks to both Eric and Jerry for their generous support. It is yet another example of ACG’s growing contributions to the field of military history.

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