The West Point Military History Series

An essential visual record of Custer and the men who rode into legend with him. George Armstrong Custer was one of the most flamboyant, colorful, and controversial officers ever to have served in the United States Army. This superbly illustrated book is a complete pictorial history of the man and the units he commanded. Rare illustrations from private collections show his stylish uniforms, weapons, and artifacts. Kurt Hamilton Cox is an authority on American mounted forces.

What if the Persians had won at Salamis? What if Christ had not been crucified? What if the Chinese had harnessed steam power before the West? Disparaged by some as a mere parlor game, counterfactual history is seen by others as an indispensable historical tool. Taking as their point of inquiry the debate over the inevitability of the rise of the West, the eminent scholars in Unmaking the West argue that there is no escaping counterfactual history. Whenever we make claims of cause and effect, we commit ourselves to the assumption that if key links in the causal chain were broken, history would have unfolded otherwise.