2013 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam

Fredrik Logevall

A history of the four decades leading up to the Vietnam War offers insights into how the U.S. became involved, identifying commonalities between the campaigns of French and American forces while discussing relevant political factors….

Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History

John Fabian Witt

The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America