The Military Decision Making Process And The Battle Of The Little Bighorn

Author : Major Jonathan T. Neumann U.S. Army
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782897623
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military Decision Making Process And The Battle Of The Little Bighorn written by Major Jonathan T. Neumann U.S. Army and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his background, education, training, and the information available at the time of his attack, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made good decisions as he lead the 7th Cavalry in its defeat at the Little Bighorn. Custer received the standard pre-commissioning education that West Point used to mold all future Army leaders. That education served him well in the Civil War where he enjoyed tactical success and a meteoric rise to fame and high rank. Following that conventional conflict, Custer entered into world of irregular warfare and voluntary forces. His defeat at the Little Bighorn ended 10 years of development as an unconventional warrior. Despite the common perception that his decisions invited disaster, by using the current Military Decision Making Process, and the intelligence available to him professionals of today can recreate the command decisions he made that day in June 1876 and possibly conclude that they were not to blame for the defeat. Custer’s military decisions are very similar to those a current leader would make using current military decision making doctrine.

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Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military Decision Making Process and the Battle of the Little Bighorn written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mission assigned to Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong and his 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Little Bighorn, and to develop courses of ACION based on the information available to him at that time. Using TRODAY's Doctrinal process for planning, very similar answers to Custer's tactical problems come to light. The paper also provides the reader with a snapshot of Custer's professional development through his military education at West Point, and through his on the job experience in both the American Civil War, and Western Frontier. The link between his training and experience, and how he prosecuted campaigns against indians is discussed. Current military leaders can gain insight into the challenge of command by seeing today's doctrine applied a historical situation.

Author : James S. Hutchins
Publisher : Upton Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Army and Navy Journal on the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Related Matters, 1876-1881 written by James S. Hutchins and published by Upton Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduced here-- in chronological order-- are issues of the weekly paper of the Army and navy journal during the period of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Generally each issue of the journal would therein contain a list of all the regiments, cavalry, artillery, and infantry that made up the line of the Regular army. This book is a time saver to researchers and is a valuable source of information.

Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1629680036
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle of Little Bighorn written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 25-26, 1876. Find out why these dates will live in infamy in Battle of Little Bighorn. Learn what led up to the battle, including Native Americans' forced movement to the Great Sioux Reservation after the discovery of gold on their land. Get to know the biographies of key historical figures, including Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Put yourself on the frontier battlefield of Montana Territory as you learn about military strategy and the resulting casualties of Custer's Last Stand. Learn what weapons and tactics were used, including the US Army's Colt revolvers and Springfield carbines, the Native Americans' bows and arrows, and the more than 40 other firearms used on both sides. Finally, discover the reasons behind Custer and the Seventh Cavalry's loss, as well as the aftermath of this pivotal conflict in the Plains Indians War. Black and white and color photographs, illuminating quotations, maps, charts, a glossary, an index, and book links round out this exciting and informative title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Michael A. Charlebois
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781423518556
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Analysis of the Battle of Little Bighorn Utilizing the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS) written by Michael A. Charlebois and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to determine which of three competing theories of what occurred at the Battle of Little Bighorn is the most plausible by utilizing the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS) program developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The theories compared are those of John S. Gray, Stephen E. Ambrose, and Richard A. Fox. Jr. There are many practical gains that JCATS can provide today's military with regard to training and educating soldiers for future conflicts. JCATS can be used to train soldiers in planning and executing missions in ways not feasible with conventional field training exercises utilizing live bodies and real vehicles. It also is increasingly being used for actual mission planning. However, very little has been done using JCATS to war-game past operations. There are two points to be gained by using JCATS to model a historical battle, such as the Battle of Little Bighorn. First, it validates the ability of JCATS to accurately model actual historical scenarios while identifying many of the specific limitations of the program. If the military is going to use computer simulations such as JCATS in lieu of field training exercises to train soldiers, it must first be determined if the program produces realistic results. Modeling an actual battle and comparing the results of the program with what actually occurred is one means of doing so. Second, modeling historical battles, particularly defeats, may assist in discovering lessons learned. In a field training exercise, a defeated force can be brought back to life and given another opportunity to apply the lessons learned from its previous defeat. Real battles afford no such opportunity. Computer modeling of past battles would allow military planners to isolate individual events and decisions and study their impact on the outcome. (26 tables, 12 figures, 23 refs.)

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428910522
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the "Victory Disease," From the Little Bighorn to Mogadishu and Beyond written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederic C. Wagner III
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078647954X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn written by Frederic C. Wagner III and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle that unfolded at the Little Big Horn River on June 25, 1876, marked a watershed in the history of the Plains Indians. While a stunning victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne peoples, it initiated a new and vigorous effort by the U.S. government to rid the west of marauding tribes and to realize the ideal of "Manifest Destiny." While thousands of books and articles have covered different aspects of the battle, few if any have analyzed the tactics and chronology to arrive at a satisfactory explanation of what befell George Armstrong Custer and the 209 men who died alongside him. This volume seeks to explain the circumstances culminating in the near-destruction of the 7th Cavalry Regiment by a close examination of timing, setting every event to a specific moment based on accounts of the battle's participants.

Author : Ron Field
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472831888
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sioux Warrior Vs US Cavalryman written by Ron Field and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring specially commissioned artwork and full-color maps, this absorbing study investigates the origins, fighting techniques, and battlefield performance of the combatants fighting on both sides during the Black Hills War of 1876–77. Following the discovery of gold deposits, in December 1875 the US Government ordered the indigenous population of the Black Hills in what is now South Dakota and Wyoming, the Sioux, to return to the Great Sioux Reservation. When the Sioux refused, US Army sent forces into the area, sparking a conflict that would make Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, Chief Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and others household names around the world. Examining a series of engagements in the Black Hills War, including Rosebud, Little Bighorn and Slim Buttes, this fully illustrated study assesses the forces fighting on both sides in this momentous campaign, casting light on the origins, tactics, armament, and battlefield performance of the US Cavalry and their Sioux opponents at the height of the Indian Wars.

Author : Matthew J. Burns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781423531784
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revisiting the Battle of the Little Big Horn written by Matthew J. Burns and published by . This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Little Big Horn has captured the interest of historians, scholars, and military enthusiasts since the day that over 200 United States soldiers under General George Armstrong Custer's command were decimated by Crazy Horse and 2000 Indian warriors. Competing theories regarding the details of the battle have arisen, mostly due to conflicting first hand accounts. The purpose of this thesis is twofold. The first purpose is to perform an historical analysis of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, using war-gaming. A series of controlled, comparative simulations of the battle will be carried out using the Synchronization Matrix, a war-gaming tool obtained from U.S. Army Field Manual (FM) 101-5. This analysis will evaluate three competing theories and interpretations of the battle, with the objective of categorizing the theories by degree of plausibility. The second purpose is to examine the impact of alternative notional leadership decisions on the outcome of the battle, e.g. what if Custer had not split his force? The result is a confirmation that war- gaming can indeed be utilized for the study of historical combat, as well as for future planning.

Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806137919
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stricken Field written by Jerome A. Greene and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is the site of one of America's most famous armed struggles, but the events surrounding Custer's defeat there in 1876 are only the beginning of the story. As park custodians, American Indians, and others have contested how the site should be preserved and interpreted for posterity, the Little Bighorn has turned into a battlefield in more ways than one. In Stricken Field, one of America's foremost military historians offers the first comprehensive history of the site and its administration in more than half a century. Jerome A. Greene has produced a compelling account of one of the West's most hallowed and controversial attractions, beginning with the battle itself and ending with the establishment of an American Indian memorial early in the twenty-first century. Chronicling successive efforts of the War Department and the National Park Service to oversee the site, Greene describes the principal issues that have confounded its managers, from battle observances and memorials to ongoing maintenance, visitor access, and public use. Stricken Field is a cautionary tale. Greene elucidates the conflict between the Park Service's dual mission to provide public access while preserving the integrity of a historical resource. He also traces the complex events surrounding the site, including Indian protests in the 1970s and 1980s that ultimately contributed to the 2003 dedication of a monument finally recognizing the Lakotas, Northern Cheyennes, and other American Indians who fought there.