LEADER 03623nam 22005173 450 001 9910158784303321 005 20230807213138.0 010 $a9781786253880 010 $a1786253887 035 $a(CKB)3710000001011362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4807591 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4807591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11355044 035 $a(OCoLC)975222036 035 $a(Perlego)3018295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32247573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32247573 035 $a(OCoLC)1530382350 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001011362 100 $a20210901d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMore Than Numbers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cNormanby Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (49 pages) 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- THESIS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- "CUSTER AND THE LITTLE BIGHORN-THE POPULAR IMAGE" -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- THE PLAINS INDIANS -- CONFLICT OVERVIEW -- LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN -- 7TH CAVALRY ACTIONS AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN -- COMMAND AND CONTROL -- STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP-SITTING BULL -- THE PEOPLE-INDIAN MORALE -- TACTICAL COMMAND AND CONTROL -- SITTING BULL'S INFLUENCE DURING THE BATTLE -- COMMAND AND CONTROL SUMMARY -- MOVEMENT AND MANEUVER (TACTICS) -- MASS MOVEMENT -- TACTICAL MANEUVER -- SUMMARY -- FIRES -- RIFLES -- BOW AND ARROWS -- FIRE (i.e., conflagration) -- INTELLIGENCE -- LOGISTICS -- FORCE PROTECTION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. 330 8 $aThere can be no argument that the numerical advantage the Indians held during the battle of the Little Bighorn was a decisive factor in their overwhelming victory. However, numbers alone did not solely guarantee that the Indians would be able to annihilate five companies of the 7th Cavalry, kill over one third of the soldiers in another three companies, and seriously threaten the destruction of the entire regiment. The mere fact that the Indians, who were supposedly wild savages, were able to kill over 260 well-armed soldiers while only losing between an estimated 30-40 of their own, with at least eight of these being non-combatants, indicates that the Indians did not defeat the 7th Cavalry by simply throwing bodies at them. Rather, the Indians earned their victory with good leadership and savvy tactical actions.In the actual fighting, the Indians consistently used the terrain in expert fashion and combined fires and maneuver that overwhelmed the troopers' ability to react to each new and developing threat. The Indians combined bases of fire (with many Indians using weapons far superior to that of the cavalry), infiltrated, and penetrated to isolate units on the battlefield and then pressed their attacks to a total tactical victory, literally annihilating Custer's detachment. Although the cavalry did achieve complete surprise in their attack on the village, the Indians were able to quickly meet each new threat posed by the soldiers during the course of the battle and then react faster than the troopers during every subsequent event. 517 $aMore Than Numbers 606 $aGreat Plains 606 $aIndians of North America 615 0$aGreat Plains. 615 0$aIndians of North America. 676 $a973.82 700 $aVickers USMC$b Major B. C$01376471 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158784303321 996 $aMore Than Numbers$93412305 997 $aUNINA