
The U.S. Naval Institute’s Authors of the Year for 2012 will be honored today at our 139th Annual Meeting.
Naval Institute Press Author of the Year
Elliot Carlson
Joe Rochefort’s War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway
Naval History
Jonathan Parshall and J. Michael Wenger
“Pearl Harbor’s Overlooked Answer”
December 2011, Naval History
General: First Prize
Captain Gerard D. Roncolato, USN (Ret.)
“America Must Be Careful Where It Pivots”
May 2012, Proceedings
General: Second Prize
Commander Brian McGuirk, USN
“Rekindling the Killer Instinct”
June 2012, Proceedings
General: Third Prize
Lieutenant Matthew Hipple, USN
“Cloud Combat: Thinking Machines in Future Wars”
July 2012, Proceedings