The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
by Ph.D. Philip H. Melanson
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Author: Ph.D. Philip H. MelansonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-20
ISBN: 0786716177
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: Hindsight is 20/20
Summary: 3 Stars
The book is filled with some great historical accounts of the secret service. I especially liked reading about the origins of the agency and it's evolution.
I did not like the arm chair quarterback, hindsight being 20/20 attitude of the author. He consistently referred to assasination attempts as "failures" by the USSS. While their may have been mistakes made, no operation is executed perfectly.
And he spent way too much time on the Kennedy asassination. The author is a real conspiracy theorist.
Overall, it seems the author has a poor opinion of the USSS.
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