Companion to Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign
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Product details
- ISBN 9781119129738
- Weight: 998g
- Dimensions: 163 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 11 Oct 2019
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
- An accessible and authoritative overview of the scholarship that has shaped our understanding of one of the most iconic battles in the history of the American West
- Combines contributions from an array of respected scholars, historians, and battlefield scientists
- Outlines the political and cultural conditions that laid the foundation for the Centennial Campaign and examines how George Armstrong Custer became its figurehead
- Provides a detailed analysis of the battle maneuverings at Little Bighorn, paying special attention to Indian testimony from the battlefield
- Concludes with a section examining how the Battle of Little Bighorn has been mythologized and its pervading influence on American culture
Brad D. Lookingbill is professor of history at Columbia College of Missouri, USA. He is the author of War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners (2014) and The American Military: A Narrative History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014) and the editor of American Military History: A Documentary Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Dr. Lookingbill has received several teaching awards, most recently the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Historical Association in 2010. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Dr. Lookingbill served in the Army National Guard and Reserve.
