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Praise for the first edition:

James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861 by Jean H. Baker, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Japanese we are living in anA provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the U. S. House, and the U. S. Senate; he was Secretary of State and was even offered a seat on the Supreme Court. And yet, by every measure except his own, James Buchanan was a miserable failure as president, leaving office in disgrace.