The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their

The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

The New York Times bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as told by the Secret Service agents who were firsthand witnesses to one of Americaâ€™s greatest tragedies.

The Secret Service. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failedâ€”and a country would never be the same. Now, for the first time, a member of JFKâ€™s Secret Service detail reveals the inside story of the assassination, the weeks and days that led to it and its heartrending aftermath. This extraordinary book is a moving, intimate portrait of dedication, courage, and loss.

Drawing on the memories of his fellow agents, Jerry Blaine captures the energetic, crowd-loving young president, who banned agents from his car and often plunged into raucous crowds with little warning. He describes the careful planning that went into JFKâ€™s Texas swing, the worries and concerns that agents, working long hours with little food or rest, had during the trip. And he describes the intensely private first lady making her first-ever political appearance with her husband, just months after losing a newborn baby.

Here are vivid scenes that could come only from inside the Kennedy detail: JFKâ€™s last words to his tearful son when he left Washington for the last time; how a sudden change of weather led to the choice of the open-air convertible limousine that day; Mrs. Kennedy standing blood-soaked outside a Dallas hospital room; the sudden interruption of six-year-old Carolineâ€™s long-anticipated sleepover with a friend at home; the exhausted team of agents immediately reacting to the presidentâ€™s death with a shift to LBJ and other key governmental figures; the agentsâ€™ dismay at Jackieâ€™s decision to walk openly from the White House to St. Matthewâ€™s Cathedral at the state funeral.

Most of all, this is a look into the lives of men who devoted their entire beings to protecting the presidential family: the stress of the secrecy they kept, the emotional bonds that developed, the terrible impact on agentsâ€™ psyches and families, and their astonishment at the countryâ€™s obsession with far-fetched conspiracy theories and finger-pointing. A book fifty years in coming, The Kennedy Detail is a portrait of incredible camaraderie and incredible heartbreakâ€”a true, must-read story of heroism in its most complex and human form.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2011-11-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781439192993

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2011-11-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781439192993

The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

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