Custer and the Sioux, Durnford and the Zulus

Parallels in the American and British Defeats at the Little Bighorn (1876) and Isandlwana (1879)

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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In June 1876 the 7th U.S. Cavalry was savagely defeated at the Little Bighorn in the Montana wilderness during an attempt to seize Sioux and Cheyenne hunting grounds. Three years later redcoats mirrored this utter disaster with an equally high-handed grab for Zulu lands in South Africa.Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony W. Durnford had much in common, from modes of dress to the way they died. This book interweaves the stories of the two soldiers and their final battles, revealing how, to an astonishing degree, similar personalities, aims, tactics, weapons, stupidity and a gross underestimation of the powers of the native people led to calamitous defeat.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-09-04
Mått178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786497942

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Table of ContentsPrologue delete 11. Their Land Is Ours delete 32. Deception and Deceit delete 223. The Impossible Ultimatum delete 294. The Three-Column Plan delete 385. The Three-Column Advance delete 546. The Divided Command delete 797. The Last Man, the Last Bullet delete 998. Besieged delete 1269. Finding the Dead and the Living delete 14210. So Who Was to Blame? delete 15611. The Fading Comet delete 16612. Aftermath delete 178Appendix A: Report on the Battle of the Little Big Horn (Reno)Report (Benteen)Appendix B: The Court of Inquiry (Isandlwana)Chapter Notes delete 199Bibliography delete 205Index delete 207