Custer's road to disaster
Subtitle: the path to Little Bighorn
By: Kevin M. Sullivan
Publisher: TwoDot/Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780762784417
Subjects: United States; Generals; Psychology; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876; Command of troops; United States. Army; Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876) fast (OCoLC)fst01353578; Biography; Military leadership
Description: The death of George Armstrong Custer ended the life of one of the most flamboyant, brave, careless, and fascinating characters to ever wear a United States military uniform. His dramatic rise during the Civil War to the brevet rank of brigadier general at twenty-three, and his uncanny ability to stay alive regardless of how recklessly he flung himself at the enemy, gave rise to his image as an almost mythical figure. His life was filled with such good fortune that the term "Custer's Luck" was used to refer to an unusually fortuitous event. Road to Disaster examines Custer's unusual mental and emotional make-up, which played out in his military career, his relationship with his wife, and in the death he and many of his men found at the end of their march into Montana. A clearer picture of the man appears, providing answers as to why military success followed him to the top of his career, and why the Battle of the Little Bighorn became such a shocking disaster in the summer of 1876.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Birth of an icon; title: Blood and glory; title: Love in a time of war; title: West is his destiny; title: When worlds collide; title: Take no prisoners; title: Consequences and restoration; title: A calm before the storm; title: The year of premonitions; title: Valley of fear; title: Field of death.