Kamis, 02 Maret 2017

The Guns Custer Left Behind Would Have Been a Burden

The ‘Boy General’ declined to take Gatlings to the Little Bighorn. Historical tragedies invariably demand scapegoats. The June 25–26, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn clearly illustrates this predictable human response to catastrophe. Some within the Army tried to affix responsibility for the Montana Territory disaster even before the nation learned of the Lakota and …

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