James Buchanan
A look at the presidency of James Buchanan, whose administration paved the way for the onslaught of the Civil War, details his failures as a president, including his lack of compromise and his weak leadership in a time of national crisis
Biography
1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages) : illustrations
9781429998406, 1429998407
863515543
Ascension
from Stony Batter to the Cabinet, 1791-1848
Wheatland to the White House, 1849-1856
The Buchanan Presidency
Theory and Practice
Appeasing the South: The Final Months of the Buchanan Presidency