Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union: Leadership Style from Polk to Lincoln

by Fred I. Greenstein

Book Overview

The strengths and weaknesses of the presidents who led the United States to the Civil War

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 personal strengths and weaknesses of presidents from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166617
• ISBN13: 9780691166612
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"