The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation announced today the establishment of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. The prize, which carries an award of $50,000, will be awarded annually in recognition of the best book in the field of military history published in English during the preceding year.

Five valuable lessons on leadership from the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan – strategist, mentor, teacher and author of the book “The Influence of Sea Power on History, 1660 – 1783″ that influenced naval doctrine of every major maritime power of the early 20th century.

“Grant Rising” uses a combination of original maps and accompanying text to show U.S. Grant’s army career in a unique way.

‘I saw planes dropping torpedoes. They dropped three at one time and knocked me to the deck’ This excerpt is from one of many veterans’ stories found in ‘War Stories: The Pacific, Volume Two: The Solomons to Saipan.’

Armchair General’s 2012 shopping guide to gifts for the history buffs and gamers on your list.

Exclusive interview with Navajo code talker Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila, the co-author of his memoir ‘Code Talker,’ the only book about this special group to be written by one of its members.

Author and historian Carlo D’Este highlights Ruth Ellen Patton Totten’s book The Button Box and talks about how a visit with her remains one of the most exceptional and unforgettable days of his life.

Historian Sir Max Hastings has been named the 2012 recipient of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

War Stories: World War II Firsthand – D-Day, the Campaign Across France took top honors in the History: Military category of USA Book News International Book Awards 2012. The book also won a Silver Medal in the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

“Rallies, Repulses, and ‘Villainous Falsehoods’” is an excerpt from a new book by Marc H. Abrams, ‘Sioux War Dispatches: Reports from the Field, 1874–1877.’

‘War Stories: World War II Firsthand – D-Day, The Campaign Across France’ won an Independent Publisher Book Award, Silver, in the History – World History category.

Author, actor and director Dale Dye, Captain, USMC, ret., sends Armchair General an update from his latest trip to Iwo Jima with a group of returning World War II veterans.

‘A Nightmare’s Prayer,’ (Threshold Editions, 2010), the first Afghanistan memoir ever to be published by a Marine Harrier pilot, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 William E. Colby Award.

‘War Stories: D-Day – The Campaign Across France,’ blends memories from WW2 veterans of many nations into a well-researched narrative of events, supplemented by photographs and original maps.

Two stories related to WW II made recent news. A Holocaust museum’s collection includes anti-Semitic boardgames and children’s books that give insight into 1930s Germany. And a 4,000-lb RAF bomb forced an evacuation in Koblenz, Germany.

Armchair General’s 2011 list of recommended games, books and DVDs.