Dodge’s journals will clearly prove useful to specialists in U.S. -Indian relations and the Great Sioux War, but they will also appeal to a variety of readers because of Dodge’s lively style and his range of subject matter. With vigorous intelligence, he describes such topics as General Crook as a military leader and strategist, the merits of infantry versus cavalry against the Plains Indians, the effects of subzero weather in Wyoming on a large army far from its sources of supply, and of course, the elusiveness of military glory.
Dodge’s journals will clearly prove useful to specialists in U.S. -Indian relations and the Great Sioux War, but they will also appeal to a variety of readers because of Dodge’s lively style and his range of subject matter. With vigorous intelligence, he describes such topics as General Crook as a military leader and strategist, the merits of infantry versus cavalry against the Plains Indians, the effects of subzero weather in Wyoming on a large army far from its sources of supply, and of course, the elusiveness of military glory.
The Powder River Expedition Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge
224The Powder River Expedition Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780806151854 |
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Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
Publication date: | 11/09/2015 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |