Ebook: James Buchanan

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.;Ascension -- from Stony Batter to the Cabinet, 1791-1848 -- Wheatland to the White House, 1849-1856 -- The Buchanan Presidency -- Theory and Practice -- Appeasing the South: The Final Months of the Buchanan Presidency.