To Hell with Honor - by Larry Sklenar (Paperback)

About the Book

In To Hell with Honor, Larry Sklenar analyzes and interprets the widely accepted facts underlying the popular depiction of Custer's defeat. Approaching the subject with a fresh perspective, he offers wholly new conclusions about one of the most enduring puzzles in United States history--the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Book Synopsis

The image of the famous "last stand" of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer has transmogrified into myth. We imagine the solitary Custer standing upright to the end, his troops formed into groups of wounded and dying men around him. In To Hell with Honor, Larry Sklenar analyzes and interprets the widely accepted facts underlying the popular depiction of Custer's defeat. Approaching the subject with a fresh perspective, he offers wholly new conclusions about one of the most enduring puzzles in United States history--the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Review Quotes

"A fresh new interpretation of this much-debated subject. . . . it now stands as the best single account of this controversial battle."

"Once in a while there comes a truly fresh look at an otherwise well-worn subject, a book that strikes a fresh chord, utilizes new sources, offers brilliant new interpretations . . . [To Hell with Honor is] so entirely plausible that you'll imagine yourself eating trail dust, ducking bullets, and watching live action unfold within its perilous midst. . . . You're in for a good ride."

"To Hell with Honor is one of the best recent works to join the steady stream of Little Bighorn literature. . . . Sklenar's work is a welcome and valuable contribution."

"To Hell with Honor will rise rapidly to the category of a classic in the historical literature on Custer, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and frontier military history. I highly recommend this book."