James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.

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Contributors: Quist, John W., Birkner, Michael J., 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership?
  • James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman
  • Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon
  • General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson
  • In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek
  • President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison
  • The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker
  • "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade
  • Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts
  • A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist
  • Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.