A look at the presidency of James Buchanan, whose administration paved the way for the onslaught of the Civil War, detai
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English Pages (xviii, 172 pages) : illustrations Year 2004;2011
Table of contents :
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.