Custer and the Sioux, Durnford and the Zulus: Parallels in the American and British Defeats at the Little Bighorn (1876) and Isandlwana (1879)

by Paul Williams

In June 1876 the 7th U.S. Cavalry was savagely defeated at the Little Bighorn in the Montana wilderness during an attempt to seize Sioux and Cheyenne hunting grounds. Three years later redcoats mirrored this utter disaster with an equally high-handed grab for Zulu lands in South Africa.

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony W. Durnford had much in common, from modes of dress to the way they died. This book interweaves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497947
• ISBN13: 9780786497942
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher