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Title: Custer the Life of General George Armstrong Custer by Jay Monaghan ISBN: 0-8032-3056-7 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $31.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Custer: Easy Victim.
Comment: In these days of political correctness George Armstrong Custer is an obvious target. Like so many of us who have trained hard for a profession, something you are really good at, it is a tough thing to put it down. Custer peaked early, unbelievably early. Six months after graduating West Point he was an officer engaged in the Civil War. By war's end he was a Brigadier General, the youngest ever. He was a 4 year combat veteran used to command, possessing the easy confidence of youth. He was at the top of his game and the pinnacle of his military career. He was only 25.

After the war, like so many others, his services were no longer required. He was out of work. So he did what most of us do, he went back to doing what he did best, in his case fighting. Make no mistake, Custer was a brave man. He was also a young one, guilty of the arrogance of youth. His death, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, happened to occur when the United States was at war with the Sioux Nation. This is a small point most historians forget.

Today we are embarrassed by the genocide the United States practiced against Native Americans. We should be. But we need to remember that Custer himself was nothing more than a tool in the manipulation and ultimate eradication of Native peoples. Love him or hate him he was a professional soldier, following orders in a time of war. His current role as history's fall guy for an awful Indian policy that in many ways is no better today is truly undeserved. Jay Monaghan has written one interesting look at a man who did nothing more than follow his county's orders.

Rating: 5
Summary: Extensively researched. Best book written on Custer
Comment: After reading and researching many of authors sources, this is the best book written about one of our nations most controversial figures.From his impeccable Civil War record through his record in the Indian Wars which shaped development of this nation, we can all be proud of this man. If you thought the worst of this man, as I, you will reconsider and admire him.