Crazy Horse and Custer
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Parallel lives of two warriors who met at Little Bighorn: their cultures, their ambitions, their deaths. Ambrose's early book and his most balanced treatment of the frontier.
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you want a dual biography of opposing leaders.
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you want a straight battle history.
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Three things you will actually use
- Leadership looks different in different cultures.
- Ambition destroyed both.
- Understand the enemy as a person.
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Read the alternating early chapters.
Our verdict
Parallel warriors.
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