The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency
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Genres: History, Law, Engineering & Transportation
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: History, Law, Engineering & Transportation
Book Type: Hardcover
While a very interesting book on the history of the Secret Service, it was published in 2002 while Bush was president, the author also offers many of his own opinions throughout.
I had hoped for more history about the agency's primary mission to control counterfeiting. While this was often mentioned, there was not much detail about that mission.
One of the author's opinions I really disagreed with was his thought that if the Secret Service had really done a good job of providing security in Dallas, Kennedy would not have been killed. As a result, Kennedy would have completed his term of office, Johnson would not have been his running mate in the next election---pretty much confirmed by others political historians, and Robert Kennedy would have run after his brother's second term. Then Nixon would never have been elected, resulting in no Watergate and would have shortened the Viet Nam war.
He apparently forgot Kennedy got us into the Viet Nam War to prove he wasn't soft on Communism, after he was embarrassed by his Bay of Pigs fiasco. And it was Nixon who got us out of Viet Nam. Plus, 16 years of the Kennedys in office would have changed our country, due to their lack of morals and political corruption. Just read "The Dark Side of Camelot," which the author also references.
I had hoped for more history about the agency's primary mission to control counterfeiting. While this was often mentioned, there was not much detail about that mission.
One of the author's opinions I really disagreed with was his thought that if the Secret Service had really done a good job of providing security in Dallas, Kennedy would not have been killed. As a result, Kennedy would have completed his term of office, Johnson would not have been his running mate in the next election---pretty much confirmed by others political historians, and Robert Kennedy would have run after his brother's second term. Then Nixon would never have been elected, resulting in no Watergate and would have shortened the Viet Nam war.
He apparently forgot Kennedy got us into the Viet Nam War to prove he wasn't soft on Communism, after he was embarrassed by his Bay of Pigs fiasco. And it was Nixon who got us out of Viet Nam. Plus, 16 years of the Kennedys in office would have changed our country, due to their lack of morals and political corruption. Just read "The Dark Side of Camelot," which the author also references.
