James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quist, John W.

Birkner, Michael J., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.

Buchanan, James.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.

Physical Description:

x, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The James Buchanan Presidential Library.

ISBN:

9780813044262 (alk. paper)

081304426X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

779873002