This is an amazing analysis of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. If you have any interest in the historical significance of this battle, this book is for you. I had no idea that Custer's wife spent the rest of her (very long) life ensuring that history saw her husband as a hero. It wasn't until her death in 1933 that a true analysis of the scene of the fight could be made by historians and archaeologists. Absolutely amazing!
This book compared the reports from both sides. It also told the life stories of the three main combatants: Chief Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Custer. When Custer died, he had with him two brothers, his nephew and a brother-in-law. All of them died.
There is one sentence that I take umbrage with: ..."but it can also be argued that had the Native American alliance shown a little more respect toward the dead of their enemy, then things might have been different for them in the aftermath of the battle; at the very least, it would have prevented the government and public from demonizing them." I doubt the government or the public would have been any kinder, no matter what happened, because the US government did not win.
It would have been nice to have had a map of the fight to understand the distances, etc.
This book compared the reports from both sides. It also told the life stories of the three main combatants: Chief Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Custer. When Custer died, he had with him two brothers, his nephew and a brother-in-law. All of them died.
There is one sentence that I take umbrage with: ..."but it can also be argued that had the Native American alliance shown a little more respect toward the dead of their enemy, then things might have been different for them in the aftermath of the battle; at the very least, it would have prevented the government and public from demonizing them." I doubt the government or the public would have been any kinder, no matter what happened, because the US government did not win.
It would have been nice to have had a map of the fight to understand the distances, etc.
