Format:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 289 pages)
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ISBN:
9780813045030
Content:
As James Buchanan took office in 1857, the United States found itself at a crossroads. Dissolution of the Union had been averted and the Democratic Party maintained control of the federal government, but the nation watched to see if Pennsylvania's first president could make good on his promise to calm sectional tensions. Despite Buchanan's central role in a crucial hour in U.S. history, few presidents have been more ignored by historians. In assembling the essays for this volume, Michael Birkner and John Quist have asked leading scholars to reconsider whether Buchanan's failures stemm
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bum Rap or Bad Leadership?; 1. James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the Whisper of Conspiracy; 2. Prelude to Armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a President's Initiation to Bloodshed; 3. General Jackson is Dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas Policy; 4. In Defense of Doughface Diplomacy: A Reevaluation of the Foreign Policy of James Buchanan; 5. President James Buchanan: Executive Leadership and the Crisis of the Democracy
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6. The South has been Wronged: James Buchanan and the Secession Crisis7. ""In the Midst of a Great Revolution"": The Northern Response to the Secession Crisis; 8. Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the Secession Crisis; 9. A Conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008; Epilogue: Buchanan's Civil War; List of Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813044262
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War
Language:
English
Keywords:
Buchanan, James 1791-1868
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USA
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Sezessionskrieg
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Politik
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Geschichte
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