The John Lyman Book Awards are given annually by the

North American Society for Oceanic History The North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) is the national organization in the United States of America for professional historians, underwater archeologists, archivists, librarians, museum specialists and others working in the broad f ...

to recognise excellence in published books making a major contribution to the study and understanding of maritime and naval history. They are named after Professor John Lyman (1915–1977) of the University of North Carolina.

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The Lyman Book Awards were inaugurated in 1995 and have honored more than 240 books from more than 80 publishers. As of 2023, the Committee makes awards in the following eight categories: *Maritime and Nautical Archaeology *Maritime and Naval Biography and Autobiography *Maritime and Naval Reference Works and Published Primary Sources *Maritime and Naval Science and Technology *North American Maritime History *North American Naval History *World Maritime History *World Naval History The categories of North American Maritime and North American Naval History were formerly divided among Canadian naval and maritime history, U.S. naval history, and U.S.

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

. World Maritime History and World Naval History were formerly one category. Discontinued Categories {, class="wikitable" , - , + World Naval and Maritime History , - , Year , Author , Book , Publisher , - , 2021 Winner , Nicholas A. Lambert , ''The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to its Worst Defeat of the First World War'' , Oxford University Press , - , 2021 Hon. mention , Dane A. Morrison , ''Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World'' , Johns Hopkins University Press , - , 2022 Winner , Ryan Tucker Jones , ''Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling'' , University of Chicago Press , - , 2022 Hon. mention , Simcha Jacobovici & Sean Kingsley , ''Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade'' , Pegasus

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