To hell with honor : Custer and the Little Bighorn

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Label

To hell with honor : Custer and the Little Bighorn

Title remainder

Custer and the Little Bighorn

Statement of responsibility

Larry Sklenar

Creator

• Sklenar, Larry, 1937-

Subject

• Custer, George A., (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
• Custer, George A., (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
• 1876
• Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
• Montana
• Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)

Language

eng

Summary

The image of the famous "last stand" of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer has transmogrified into myth. We imagine the solitary Custer standing upright to the end, his troops formed into groups of wounded and dying men around him. Larry Sklenar contends that Custer did have a battle plan, one different from any other suggested by scholars thus far. Custer, he argues, had reason to believe that his scheme might succeed with minimum bloodshed; made decisions consistent with army regulations and his best instincts as an experienced commander; had subordinates who could not overcome the limits of their personalities in a desperate situation; and made a selfless commitment to save the bulk of his regiment. Along the way, Sklenar appraises the officers and other men who served in the Seventh, evaluating the survivors' testimony and assessing the intent and motives of each

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.8/2

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E83.876

LC item number

.S54 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography