From Library Journal
In this excellently researched and well-crafted work, National Park Service historian Greene has created a volume to stand on the shelf with the books of Robert M. Utley and with his own Slim Buttes, 1876: An Episode of the Great Sioux War ( LJ 1/15/82). Greene's account is the first full military history of the 1876-77 winter campaign in which Miles moved against the Sioux and Cheyenne after Custer's defeat. The author conveys his "consuming fascination for the tactical details" to readers by describing Miles's methodical yet inspired field command as it was displayed in such battles as Wolf Mountains and the Lame Deer Fight. For accounts of Miles's difficult personality and discord with associates, look to biographies such as Brian C. Pohanka's Nelson A. Miles (Arthur L. Clark, 1986); for his military achievement in the Sioux Wars, Yellowstone Command is highly recommended for both general and special collections.
- Margaret W. Norton, Fenwick H.S., Oak Park, Ill.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Review
"A masterly study of the campaign [against the Indians] in the twelve months following Custer''s defeat. . .to a large degree a pioneering work that relates in detail the military effort to subdue the Sioux and Cheyennes. It is based on exceptional research. . . . Greene has succeeded admirably in providing a wealth of information about a forgotten period of frontier military history."—Journal of American History
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Journal of American History )
"Perhaps some prefer myth to reality, but those who wish to know what it was really like on campaign in the West in the 1870s would scarcely do better than to read this riveting account."—Washington Times
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Washington Times )
"Fills a yawning gap in the literature of the Sioux War. [Greene''s] well-crafted narrative teems with fresh and illuminating anecdotes. . . . [This] is a groundbreaking work that stands as a model for all future accounts of western Indian campaigns."—Western Historical Quarterly
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Western Historical Quarterly )
"Greene''s volume succeeds on two levels. First, the author evaluates the Yellowstone campaign within the context of the Great Sioux War. . . . Second, Greene''s book reads like a tale of adventure, bringing the cold winds and deep snows of the winter campaign to your armchair."—South Dakota History
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South Dakota History )
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