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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.
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This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War.
This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War.
Buchanan himself, however, always held out the hope that history would vindicate him and the role he played. In this book, we explore James Buchanan's life-before, during, and after the American Civil War-in full.
A biography discussing the personal life, education, and political career of the fifteenth president of the United States, James Buchanan.
Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.
A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States.
The book explores Buchanan's complex stance on slavery, his intervention in the Dred Scott case, and his support for pro-slavery policies in Kansas, which further intensified sectional tensions.
James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War
Presents the life and accomplishments of the fifteenth president of the United States, who worked to improve relations with Great Britain and tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid the Civil War with the Crittenden Compromise.