Arthur Ross Book Award

The Arthur Ross Book Award was endowed in 2001 by Arthur Ross for the purpose of recognizing books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy or international relations. The prize is for nonfiction works from the past two years, in English or translation. The award consists of a $30,000 first prize, a $15,000 second prize, and a $7,500 " Honorable Mention ". The Arthur Ross Book Award is administered by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Winners of the Arthur Ross Book Award:

*2008 " Gold Medal " – Paul Collier for " The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It "
*2008 " Silver Medal " – Trita Parsi for " Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States "
*2008 " Honorable Mention " – Robert Dallek for " Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power "
*2007 " Gold Medal " – Kwame Anthony Appiah for " Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers "
*2007 " Silver Medal " – Robert L. Beisner for " Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War "
*2007 " Honorable Mention " – Thomas E. Ricks for " Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 "
*2006 " Gold Medal " – Tony Judt for " Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 "
*2006 " Silver Medal " – Olivier Roy for " Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah "
*2006 " Honorable Mention " – George Packer for " The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq "
*2005 " Gold Medal " – Steve Coll for " Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "
*2005 " Silver Medal " – Stephen Biddle for " Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle "
*2005 " Honorable Mention " – James Mann for " Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet "
*2004 " Gold Medal " – Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon for " The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America "
*2004 " Silver Medal " – Robert Cooper for " The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century "
*2004 " Honorable Mention " – Ivo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay for " America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy "
*2003 " Gold Medal " – Samantha Power for " A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide "
*2003 " Silver Medal " – Margaret Macmillan for " Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World "
*2003 " Honorable Mention " – Philip Bobbitt for " The Shield of Achilles "
*2002 " Gold Medal " – Robert Skidelsky for " John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman "
*2002 " Silver Medal " – Lawrence Freedman for " Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam "
*2002 " Honorable Mention " – Walter Russell Mead, Richard C. Leone for " Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World "

External links

* [http://www.cfr.org/about/arthur_ross.html Arthur Ross Book Award at the Council on Foreign Relations]
* [http://www.lovethebook.com/Awards.aspx?bookaward=Arthur+Ross+Book+Award Arthur Ross Book Award at lovethebook]