To Hell with Honor: Custer and the Little Bighorn
by Larry Sklenar
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Author: Larry SklenarEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-24
ISBN: 0806134720
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Book Review: A Great Modern Analysis of an Old Battle
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked this book. The author processed all facts and contradictory accounts to come up with a very plausible scenario that I find very believable. He uses modern detective-like methods to determine what people are really saying or not saying.
It is the perfect complement to Son of the Morning Star (SOMS), which i also liked, but is a very different book. The Hell With Honor (THWH)is not rabidly anti-Custer, and paints Reno and Benteen as men with definite failings, but in a fair way. He compliments Benteen many times when he feels that it is warranted. I was starting to find it weary that most contempory works tend to consistently paint Custer in very unflattering lights and this book very validly presents Custers strengths, as well as his failings and mistakes. But one gets the feeling of Custer as a real human being, which I think is one of this books strengths.
The biggest plus of this book is that it answers many questions of WHY? Why did Custer do this--what was he thinking, etc. This book answers that. There is none of this "Well, we really don't know what happened after this, etc." that you see in so many books of the Little Big Horn battle. The author uses all evidence--survivor accounts (both white and Indian), archaeological finds, etc. to present a compelling view of what happened. He shows that we really know a lot, if not quite all, of what occurred. I find this so refreshing and admirable! I was always so frustrated after reading other books, thinking about why this, or why that. This author should be commended for digesting everything and presenting a very valid version! And answering questions! This takes courage!
I do recommend this book for first-timers to Custeriana or the battle,with a caviat. The author breezes over individual (but,very interesting)personal accounts presented in other books, and gets to just the nitty-gritty of the importance of the point. Novices would probably want to read these accounts in more detail in other books. It does help to have a overall knowledge of the battle. But again, this is one of the books strengths, as it doesn't waste a lot of time rehashing personal vignettes,points already covered elsewhere, or going off on tangents. He gets to the key issues and answers the big, and little questions about the battle.
I heartily recommend this book to serious students of the battle!!
Tom G.
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