عنوان

The real Custer :

شابک

1621572099

شابک

9781621572091

شماره

b421432

عنوان اصلي

The real Custer :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

from boy general to tragic hero /

نام نخستين پديدآور

James S. Robbins

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xvi, 494 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references

متن يادداشت

Part I. Beginnings -- "My voice is for war!" -- Custer the goat -- The brotherhood broken -- Part II. Custer goes to war -- "A slim, long-haired boy, carelessly dressed" -- "I promise that you shall hear of me" -- The boy general -- Part III. The boy general -- Gettysburg -- The "daring, terrible demon" of battle -- The Buckland races -- The Dahlgren Affair -- Little Phil -- Into the Valley -- "Let the sword decide the contest" -- Custer's counterinsurgency -- "Custer is a trump" -- "Fighting like a Viking" -- "Custer against the world" -- "Like the charge of a Sioux chieftain" -- Part IV. Fall from grace -- The "long-haired hero of the lash" -- The "swing around the circle" -- Court-martial -- Part V. Redemption -- Washita -- Custer on the plains -- The great buffalo hunt -- Battle on the Yellowstone -- Part VI. The final act -- Custer's Gulch -- Custer vs. Grant -- "Don't be greedy" -- A ridge too far -- "He will never fight anymore"

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custer -- from cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars. Author James Robbins demonstrates that Custer, having graduated last in his class at West Point, went on to prove himself again and again as an extremely skilled cavalry leader. Robbins argues that Custer's undoing was his bold and cocky attitude, which caused the Army's bloodiest defeat in the Indian Wars. Robbins also dives into Custer's personal life, exploring his letters and other personal documents to reveal who he was as a person, underneath the military leader

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

QBI

شماره انبار

1373708

موضوع مستند نشده

Custer, George A., (George Armstrong),1839-1876

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Generals-- United States, Biography

موضوع مستند نشده

Indians of North America-- Wars-- 1866-1895

موضوع مستند نشده

Indians of North America-- Wars-- Great Plains

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Biography

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Robbins, James S.,1962-

تاريخ عمليات

20151003042203.6

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y