CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT: THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN. Volume One Battle of the Little Big Horn Series. George Armstrong Custer, admire him or despise him, stands as the dominant figure of Little Big Horn and the principle architect of its appeal, dominating every work on the campaign. Perhaps this is fitting for, with his death, he achieved immortality not only for himseof but his regiment. He and his regiment have become more than fallen heroes of the republic, they have become symbolic of the Indian fighting army, with Custer the archetypical Indian hating frontier soldier. The irony that Custer was often in outspoken opposition to the very policies he has come to symbolize has been lost in much of the present literature. The controversies started almost immediately and touched on every facet of the conflict imaginable. Had Custer disobeyed his orders, rushing headlong to disaster? Did Reno show the white feather in the valley fight? Did Benteen dawdle while his comrades, awaiting the precious ammunition he was ordered to bring, were being annihilated? Did Custer attempt to cross at Medicine Tail Coulee? Was Custer killed early at the river, or was he the last to fall? Could Custer and his regiment have won? Could they have been saved? Rather than subsiding with the passage of time, the controversies increased both in number and vehemence in the succeeding years. In CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT the author attempts to reconstruct the events surrounding this last great struggle between two competing cultures. Mere description of the events as we know them, or pure speculation no matter how imaginative, would result in a sterile and incomplete narrative. David Evans has included many personal anecdotes to remind us that these were flesh and blood individuals with much the same fears and desires as ourselves. To complete the narrative, Evans has included a briedf epilogue summarizing the end of the campaign and subsequent fate of its major participants. An appendix containing selected biographies has also been included. Sufficient footnotes are provided to enable the serious student to further his research and identify alternate points of view. It would be rash indeed for anyone to claim they know with absolute certainty all that transpired that fateful June day, especially when speculating on the motivation of key individuals. Perhaps on this point we may all agree: legends are part of great events and insofar as they preserve the memories of gallantry and self-sacrifice they serve their purpose. May the legends of the Little Big Horn never die! Foreword, Battle of the Washita, Treaty of 1868, Belknap Affair, Crook's Winter Campaign, March of the Montana Column, Battle of the Rosebud, March of the Dakota Column, Crow's Nest, Valley Fight, Benteen Joins Reno, A Reconstruction of the Custer Fight, Siege of Reno Hill, Relief of the Seventh, Requiem, Epilogue, A Campaign Gone Awry. Pictorial dust-jacket artwork in color by Kirk Stirnweis. 18 appendices, including Seventh Cavalry Roster by Company, Battle Casualties, The Reno Court of Inquiry , Indians Present at the Battle, Terry's Orders and Reports, Reports of Reno and Benteen and more. Bibliography and Index. Illustrated dj in color by artist Kirk Stirnweis "The Last Command: Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at Little Big Horn." AVAILBLE NOW.

Custer's Last Fight: The Battle Of The Little Big Horn (Battle Of The Little Big Horn)

History

Evans, David C.

David C. Evans

Americas

Upton & Sons

BOTTLENECKS: ALIGNING UX DESIGN WITH USER PSYCHOLOGY [Paperback] Evans

Apress

One of the great spectacles of recent naval history was the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire, stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. Years of painstaking research of previously untapped Japanese-language sources have produced this remarkable study of the navy's dizzying development, tactical triumphs, and final humiliating defeat. Unrivalled in its breadth of coverage and attention to detail, this important history explores the foreign and indigenous influences on the navy's thinking about naval warfare and how it planned for war. Focusing primarily on the much-neglected period between the world wars, two widely esteemed historians explain how the Japanese failed to prepare properly for the war in the Pacific despite an arguable advantage in capability. Maintaining the highest literary standards and supplemented by a dazzling array of illustration, this landmark work provides much important information not available in any other English-language source.A unique contribution to naval historiography, this new paperback edition will be sought after by serious historians and casual readers alike. 'Kaigun is satisfying for the general reader as well as for the old salt. It is an immensely impressive work of history and scholarship.' -- The Japan Times

Kaigun

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