Protecting the President: The Inside Story of a Secret Service Agent

McCarthy, Dennis V.N. With Smith, Philip W.

ISBN 10: 0688054226 / ISBN 13: 9780688054229

Published by New York: William Morrow, 1985, New York, 1985

About this Item

Hard Cover. Near Fine-/Very Good+++. 6th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A behind-the-scenes look at agents and the top government officials they protect. 221 pages including index. Dust jacket has light wear.

Seller Inventory # 002766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Protecting the President: The Inside Story of a Secret Service Agent
• Publisher: New York: William Morrow, 1985, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688054226
• ISBN 13: 9780688054229
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 6th Printing
• Condition: Near Fine-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+++
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Describes the rigorous training designed to eradicate an agent's instinct for self-preservation, the intolerable stress of the job, the grueling hours, and more

Reviews

McCarthy is the Secret Service agent who wrestled John Hinckley to the ground after the would-be assassin shot President Reagan, and that incident is the centerpiece of this book. But there is much more: a short history of the agency, whose primary task is not protecting presidents, but apprehending counterfeiters; and a discussion of the training agents undergo, which requires them to suppress the instinct for self-preservation. We're also given portraits of the five presidents McCarthy has guarded, from the autocratic and abrasive LBJ to the pleasant Nixon, friendly Ford, distant, uncommunicative Carter, and the amiable Reagan. Photos not seen by PW. November 20
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