1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See, by Bruce Chadwick, is a decent work of history / entertainment. Ultimately the book revolves around the disastrous presidency of James Buchanan. While it is unlikely that Buchanan could have stopped the Civil War, as many men of greater talent and ability failed as well, he certainly sped it along with his obtuseness and obstinacy.
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