Custer: Lessons in Leadership

Shultz, Duane

ISBN 10: 0230114245 / ISBN 13: 9780230114241

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2011

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FIRST EDITION SOFTCOVER, illustrated wraps, frontis. of Custer, photos, biblio., index, 206pp. O'Keefe #2169. Near Fine. A good, although brief, biography of Custer, focusing on his exceptional leadership and successes of the Civil War. The author does not believe Custer disobeyed General Terry's orders.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Custer: Lessons in Leadership
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230114245
• ISBN 13: 9780230114241
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Custer presents a fresh portrait of the Civil War commander whose actions were credited with saving the Union at crucial times

Colorful, charismatic, and controversial, George Armstrong Custer became a national hero at the age of twenty-three when he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general―barely two years after graduating at the bottom of his class from West Point. He was idolized both by his men and by the American public, though he endured two courts-martial and temporary dismissal from the Army.

Custer pushed himself harder and longer than most, owing to an intense ambition to succeed and a hunger for glory and fame. He was contemptuous of danger, taking chances that no one else would take, which earned him the reputation among some observers of being reckless. Redeeming himself through his actions at the front, he resurrected his former glory with a stunning victory over the Cheyenne Indians using tactics he had perfected during the Civil War. General Custer was one of those larger-than-life figures whose flamboyant personality, daring, and seeming invincibility became legendary.

Here, author Duane Schultz shows why he remains one of the most fascinating figures in American military history.

About the Authors

Duane Schultz is the author of several books of military history, including Quantrille's War and The Most Glorious Fourth: Vicksburg and Gettysburg. He lives in Clearwater, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

General Wesley K. Clark served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He is author of the best selling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.