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Indlæser... Within arm's length : a secret service agent's definitive inside account of protecting the president (udgave 2014)af Dan Emmett
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The author does not discuss the character of the First Families, rather he takes the reader through his Secret Service training to his retirement from the CIA. It's a great behind the scenes revelation-without revealing any secrets. ( ) have mixed feelings about this book. I don't understand the many five star reviews and accolades here. It is certainly an inside look at the Secret Service, but I did not find it particularly insightful. It's just a story of an average agent doing his job for 20 years, burning out, then retiring. He simply does not have a global or strategic view. It's like a description of the inside of a foxhole. The author is obviously not an experienced writer, but most people ought to get over that fact and deal with the subject matter. His description of joining the Service seems like a haphazard affair. He was certainly persistent. After all, he presents this as a lifelong dream job, but the actual mechanics and responses seem completely chaotic. This is not a criticism of the author at all. It is a criticism of the hiring process he describes. His description of the training courses has me worried. They aren't very long and they don't sound very comprehensive. It sounds like the basic qualification for the CATT team is if you can shoot a gun straight. That's it. I do hope he's leaving a lot of details out to protect their methods of protection. He's also a bit defensive both about his own actions and those of the Service in general, but he perhaps unwittingly confirms what we have been hearing about agents' actions. Many times throughout the book he mentions having "a few beers" after a shift or even waking up with a hangover. I don't know about the rest of you, but having "a few beers" makes me inebriated. "Parties" seem to occur quite often. After reading this book I'm not at all surprised what happened in South America. It appears to be part of the culture. He would have you believe an agent's private life is their own business. Nice theory, but it isn't true. We expect Secret Service agents to be above the fray. I'm not convinced he understands this. Unlike some of you I detect no bias politically in his writing. He obviously did not care for the attitude of Clinton's young and snooty staff, but he portrayed Clinton himself as very polite, appreciative, and aware of the Secret Service; Hillary, not so much. He certainly was harsher about the office infighting within the Secret Service itself, which sounds like a typical bureaucracy. Overall I enjoyed the read; it was worth it. But this simply is not the "best book" on the Secret Service. It's much too shallow for that, being simply one man's account of his own career. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the president's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a U.S. Secret Service agent-one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the president, if necessary. Within Arm's Length is a revealing and compelling inside look at the Secret Service and the elite Presidential Protective Division (PPD). Using stories from some of the author's more high-profile assignments in his twenty-one years of service, Emmett describes the professional, physical, and emotional challenges faced by Secret Service agents. Included are never-before-discussed topics such as the complicated relationship between presidents, first ladies, and their agents; the inner workings of Secret Service protective operations; and the seldom-mentioned challenges of the complex Secret Service cultural issues faced by an agent's family. No library descriptions found. |
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