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Edition 11 (2017) Winner
Peter Paret
ピーター・パレット
Pītā Paretto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-04-13 （Berlin）
- Died
- 2020-09-11 （Salt Lake City, Utah） age 96
- Nationality
- German, American
- Languages
- English, German, French
- Religion
- Protestant
- Residence History
- Berlin → Vienna → France → San Francisco → Berkeley → Princeton → Davis → Stanford
Career
- Occupations
- historian, military historian, cultural historian, intellectual historian
- Active Years
- 1949-2020
- Affiliations
- Center of International Studies, Princeton, University of California, Davis, Stanford University, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- Memberships
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the American Philosophical Society, Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, Honorary Member of the German Clausewitz Society
- Influenced By
- Michael Howard, Carl von Clausewitz, Ernst Cassirer
- Influenced
- Numerous military historians
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | College of Letters and Science | History Department | BA | 1942-1949 | United States |
| King's College London | — | History Department | PhD | 1955-1960 | United Kingdom |
University of California, Berkeley
College of Letters and Science
/ History Department
Degree:
BA
Period:
1942-1949
Year of Graduation:
1949
Country:
United States
Interrupted by military service
King's College London
History Department
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1955-1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
United Kingdom
Dissertation on Prussian Reform era
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Samuel Eliot Morison Prize | Lifetime achievement | — | Society for Military History | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing | Lifetime achievement | — | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | 受賞 |
| — | Thomas Jefferson Medal | — | — | American Philosophical Society | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Cross of the Order of Merit First Class | — | — | Federal Republic of Germany | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Great Cross of the Order of Merit | — | — | Federal Republic of Germany | 受賞 |
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
1993
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
Society for Military History
Result:
受賞
Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
2017
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Result:
受賞
Thomas Jefferson Medal
Organization:
American Philosophical Society
Result:
受賞
Cross of the Order of Merit First Class
2000
Organization:
Federal Republic of Germany
Result:
受賞
Great Cross of the Order of Merit
2013
Organization:
Federal Republic of Germany
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Clausewitz and the State
1976 Biography and Military TheoryAnalyzes Clausewitz's life and ideas in relation to the Prussian state
War and PoliticsPrussian ReformMilitary Thought
Translations
- German and others
On War (translation)
1976 Military TheoryEnglish translation of Clausewitz's On War
Nature of War
Imagined Battles: Reflections of War in European Art
1997 Art History and Military HistoryAnalyzes depictions of war in European art
Art and War
The Berlin Secession
1980 Art HistoryModern art and its enemies in Imperial Germany
Modern ArtArt and Politics
Translations
- German
Bibliography
- See Institute for Advanced Study homepage
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- AnalyticalIdeological analysisArchival-based
- Recurring Motifs
- War and IdeasArt and PoliticsPrussian History
Legacy
Internationally renowned historian in military history and art history. Leading scholar on Clausewitz. Émigré from Nazi Germany who thrived in the US.
Trivia
- Grandfather Paul Cassirer (art dealer)
- Great-uncle Ernst Cassirer (philosopher)
- Step-father Siegfried Bernfeld (psychoanalyst)
- Served in US Army during WWII as Staff Sergeant in New Guinea, Philippines, Korea