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Author:
Williams, Paul, 1947 March 14- author.
Title:
Custer and the Sioux, Durnford and the Zulus : parallels in the American and British defeats at the Little Bighorn (1876) and Isandlwana (1879) / Paul Williams.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
vii, 210 pages ; 26 cm
Subject:
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Isandlwana, Battle of, South Africa, 1879.
Custer, George A.--(George Armstrong),--1839-1876--Military leadership.
Durnford, Anthony,--1830-1879--Military leadership.
Command of troops--History--19th century--Case studies.
Custer, George A.--(George Armstrong),--1839-1876.
Durnford, Anthony,--1830-1879.
Isandlwana, Battle of (South Africa : 1879)
Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)
Command of troops.
Military leadership.
Montana.
South Africa.
1800 - 1899
Case studies.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Their land is ours -- Deception and deceit -- The impossible ultimatum -- The three-column plan -- The three-column advance -- The divided command -- The last man, the last bullet -- Besieged -- Finding the dead and the living -- So who was to blame -- The fading comet -- Aftermath.
ISBN:
0786497947
9780786497942
OCLC:
(OCoLC)898167560
LCCN:
2015029070
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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