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

 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 289 pages) :  illustrations, maps, portraits. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? --  James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy /  Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed /  General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy /  In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan /  President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy /  The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis /  "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis /  Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis /  A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 /  Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War /  Paul Finkelman --  William P. MacKinnon --  Nicole Etcheson --  John M. Belohlavek --  Michael A. Morrison --  Jean H. Baker --  William G. Shade --  Daniel W. Crofts --  Moderated by John W. Quist --  Michael J. Birkner. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813044262 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E436  / .J364 2012