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Article: To Hell with Honor: Custer and the Little Bighorn.(Book Review)
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- Military Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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TO HELL WITH HONOR: Custer and the Little Bighorn, Larry Sklenar, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2003, 416 pages, $19.95.
Larry Sklenar's To Hell with Honor: Custer and the Little Bighorn is a thought-provoking and intensely researched historical work. Sklenar provides tremendous detail about the composition, organization, equipment, and personalities of the 7th Cavalry. The smooth-flowing text quickly engrosses the reader, although the book might be best-suited for those well-versed in Custer lore.
Sklenar places blame for the Little Bighorn debacle on Major Marcus Reno, describing Reno as a novice, a drunk, and lacking leadership. Sklenar does ...