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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 8, 2006 14:54:37 GMT -6
King, W. Kent. MASSACRE: THE CUSTER COVER-UP. CUSTER TRAILS SERIES, VOLUME THREE.
The author, the late W. Kent King, concludes there was a major military cover-up after the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
King applies journalistic research techniques to primary source materials which have been largely overlooked by prior researchers.
Author King gives fresh new approaches to incidents long thought settled. The original battlefield maps are presented and, along with others -- 19 in all -- form the basis for this masterful study.
More maps pertaining to the Custer Battle are found in this book than in any other publication up to this time. Just when you thought you had the whole thing figured out along comes W. Kent King to challenge historians of the past, present and future.
Bound in the standard "Custer Trails Series" attractive red linen cover with gold stamping, 21 maps and diagrams, 8 1/2 x 11, 310 pages, bibliography and index. Long out-of-print since it was published in 1989, this reprint is complete in every detail.
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 8, 2006 15:22:29 GMT -6
Did he used the word cover-up ? Oh my God ! What's wrong with this guy ? Is he crazy like General Miles, Private Taylor, General Godfrey, Fred Gerard, Winfield Edgerly, Mr Ulger and this awful Swiss guy CSS ? Check and mate. Again, just for your eyes buddies : david2fg.tripod.com/uscuster.htm |
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Post by Tricia on Apr 8, 2006 15:25:07 GMT -6
Apparently nobody bothered to ask Sheridan or Sturgis what they thought.
BTW ... you have the author's name wrong. W. Kent King. King is the last name.
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 8, 2006 15:39:58 GMT -6
Yes, the real important thing is what he wrote, lovely Leyton
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Post by bhist on Apr 9, 2006 1:05:57 GMT -6
King, W. Kent. MASSACRE: THE CUSTER COVER-UP. CUSTER TRAILS SERIES, VOLUME THREE. The author, the late W. Kent King, concludes there was a major military cover-up after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. I was wondering how long it would take you to mention this book. You must have just recently found it. I read it decades ago. I corresponded with King in the early 80s just before he died. This man was, sadly, loosing it before his death. I was sorry to see him go. He did some good work for his “Tombstones for Bluecoats” but after that King's work went downhill. "Massacre" and the work King did for it was so bad that it makes Skelnar’s “To Hell with Honor” look like a scholarly work. Nothing that King writes about in "Massacre" is worth a bucket of spit. But, of course, you’ll eat it up because you can use it for your lame arguments. I'd love to share the stories I heard about King while he did research at LBH, but it wouldn't be wise in a public forum. |
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 9, 2006 5:26:18 GMT -6
blah blah blah
let me summary your point of view : every evidence is bad work. The only thing you trust is your lovely John Gray's book which doesn't answer to almost any question a LBH buff could ask.
Are you related to Gerald Posner ?
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Post by herosrest on Feb 16, 2016 12:36:11 GMT -6
DucemusIt is a very interesting, heavily researched work, and ground breaking in several ways but... you have to reach your own conclusions because the material researched was and is, obscure. It is a very good read and a beautifully produced book. Actually just lifting it off the coffee table is .... wonderful.  It is controversial but in different ways, to different people and biases. Terrific information with much more required to research conclusions. It is a real test. If he was losing it towards the end, I just think about Shipley Gray sitting there as Bouyer's skull was trotted out in front of him! In terms of cover-up, there were cover=ups and long lasting they are. Both R&B, certainly. Reno was firing off CYA all over behind Terry's back and in front of it, to Sheridan and Grant and there should be little doubt that family ties with Cameron were developed. These were exercises in guile and garnering sympathy. Others in the spotlight likewise looked to their own and particularly Patterson Hughes. Benteen quietly did his thing and a desire to avoid scandal and headlines simply kicked in. It's pretty normal really but unfortunately was a many tentacled mouse of self interests and machiavellian disdains. The crime was all those dead Indians and soldiers through an immense incompetence actually centred top to bottom, on Reno. The man was a joke and deadly. A fool on a hill.  Shining example of America's best. Doing Whittaker's Mother. 
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Post by tubman13 on Feb 16, 2016 14:38:07 GMT -6
King, W. Kent. MASSACRE: THE CUSTER COVER-UP. CUSTER TRAILS SERIES, VOLUME THREE. The author, the late W. Kent King, concludes there was a major military cover-up after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. I was wondering how long it would take you to mention this book. You must have just recently found it. I read it decades ago. I corresponded with King in the early 80s just before he died. This man was, sadly, loosing it before his death. I was sorry to see him go. He did some good work for his “Tombstones for Bluecoats” but after that King's work went downhill. "Massacre" and the work King did for it was so bad that it makes Skelnar’s “To Hell with Honor” look like a scholarly work. Nothing that King writes about in "Massacre" is worth a bucket of spit. But, of course, you’ll eat it up because you can use it for your lame arguments. I'd love to share the stories I heard about King while he did research at LBH, but it wouldn't be wise in a public forum. |
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Post by herosrest on Apr 15, 2018 3:09:19 GMT -6
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It is controversial but in different ways, to different people and biases. Terrific information with much more required to research conclusions. It is a real test.
