Presidents and the dissolution of the Union : leadership style from Polk to Lincoln /

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"The United States witnessed an unprecedented failure of its political system in the mid-nineteenth century, resulting in a disastrous civil war that claimed the lives of an estimated 750,000 Americans. In his other acclaimed books about the American presidency, Fred Greenstein assesses the per...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greenstein, Fred I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1783-1899
Presidents > United States > History > 19th century.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Political leadership > United States > Case studies.
Présidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Political leadership
Politics and government
Presidents
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865.
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Case studies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1: The Presidential Difference in the Civil War Era; CHAPTER 2: The Policy-Driven Political Style of James K. Polk; CHAPTER 3: The Rough and Ready Leadership of Zachary Taylor; CHAPTER 4: Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850; CHAPTER 5: Franklin Pierce and the Kansas-Nebraska Act; CHAPTER 6: The Disastrous Presidency of James Buchanan; CHAPTER 7: Abraham Lincoln: Consummate Leader; CHAPTER 8: What Difference Did the President Make?; APPENDIX: Background on the Civil War Era Presidents; Notes; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index.

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