@article{434032, author = {Baker, Jean H.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/434032}, title = {James Buchanan /}, publisher = {Times Books,}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {434032}, pages = {xviii, 172 p. :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2004}, }