TY - BOOK AU - Quist,John W. AU - Birkner,Michael J. TI - James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil Waredited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner SN - 9780813044262 AV - E436 .J364 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=510896&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -