The Worst President--The Story Of James Buchanan

In this exploration of the presidency of James Buchanan, 1857-61, Garry Boulard revisits the 15th President and comes away with a stunning conclusion: Buchanan's performance as the nation's chief executive was even more deplorable and sordid than scholars generally know, making his status as the country's worst president richly deserved. Boulard documents Buchanan's failure to stand up to the slaveholding interests of the South, his indecisiveness in dealing with the secession movement, and his inability to provide leadership during the nation's gravest constitutional crisis. Using the letters of Buchanan, as well as those of more than two dozen political leaders and thinkers of the time, Boulard presents a narrative of a timid and vacillating president whose drift and isolation opened the door to the Civil War.

• • Author: Garry Boulard
• • Publisher: Iuniverse
• • Publication Date: Mar 23, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 202 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1491759615
• • ISBN-13: 9781491759615