03035nam 2200601Ia 450 991077953860332120230803020653.00-8130-4624-60-8130-4503-7(CKB)2550000001039487(EBL)1161497(SSID)ssj0000860403(PQKBManifestationID)11429582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860403(PQKBWorkID)10898469(PQKB)10391678(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155656(MiAaPQ)EBC1161497(OCoLC)859687492(MdBmJHUP)muse26705(Au-PeEL)EBL1161497(CaPaEBR)ebr10681931(CaONFJC)MIL513133(OCoLC)841906591(EXLCZ)99255000000103948720121121d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJames Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War[electronic resource] /edited by John W. Quist, Michael J. BirknerGainesville, FL University Press of Florida20131 online resource (301 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-4426-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.Civil warUnited States19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865United StatesPolitics and government1857-1861Civil war973.6/8Birkner Michael J.1950-872280Quist John W1461967MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779538603321James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War3670817UNINA