Competition for best unpublished paper on military in the Cold War
20 January 2010
Dr. Malcolm Muir

For the sixth year, the John A. Adams Center at the Virginia Military Institute is pleased to announce that it will award prizes for the best unpublished papers dealing with the United States military in the Cold War era (1945-1991). Any aspect of the Cold War military is eligible, with papers on war planning, intelligence, logistics, and mobilization especially welcome. Please note that essays which relate aspects of the Korean and Southeast Asian conflicts to the larger Cold War are also open for consideration. Prizes: First place will earn a plaque and a cash award of $2000; second place, $1000 and a plaque; and third place, $500 and a plaque. Procedures: Entries should be tendered to the Adams Center at VMI by 15 July 2010. Point of contact is Dr. Malcolm Muir, Adams Center Director; muirm@vmi.edu, 540-464-7447. Please make your submission by Microsoft Word and limit your entry to a maximum of twenty-five pages of double-spaced text, exclusive of documentation and bibliography. A panel of judges will, over the summer, examine all papers; the Adams Center will then announce its top three rankings early in the fall of 2010. The Journal of Military History will be happy to consider those award winners for publication.