Five Presidents

A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November.Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation Hill walked alongside Presidents Dwight D Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, Richard M Nixon, and Gerald R Ford, seeing them through a long, tumultuous era the Cold War the Cuban Missile Crisis the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F Kennedy the Vietnam War Watergate and the resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard M Nixon.Some of his stunning, never before revealed anecdotes include Eisenhower s reaction at Russian Prime Minister Khrushchev s refusal to talk following the U 2 incident The torture of watching himself in the Zapruder film in a Secret Service training Johnson s virtual imprisonment in the White House during violent anti Vietnam protests His decision to place White House files under protection after a midnight phone call about Watergate The challenges of protecting Ford after he pardoned NixonWith a unique insider s perspective, Hill sheds new light on the character and personality of these five presidents, revealing their humanity in the face of grave decisions. New Download Five Presidents author Clint Hill For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Most will remember Secret Service Agent Clint Hill from the hauntingly iconic photo of him climbing on the back of the Presidential Limousine in Dallas, that fateful November day, to lend assistance and protection to the First Lady, and sadly seconds too late, to President Kennedy This is a riveting read and a unique panorama of three decades of history that wrought great change in America Hill s personal accounts of five different Presidents, their families, lifestyle, personalities, challeng Most will remember Secret Service Agent Clint Hill from the hauntingly iconic photo of him climbing on the back of the Presidential Limousine in Dallas, that fateful November day, to lend assistance and protection to the First Lady, and sadly seconds too late, to President Kennedy This is a riveting read and a unique panorama of three decades of history that wrought great change in America Hill s personal accounts of five differe...Clint Hill was a witness to so much history and uses a ghostwriter , so it is a travesty that he makes that history so completely listless in this book The text reads like a rundown of the official White House log of the President during those times that Hill was on duty It appears that in trying to write this book, Hill used those logs to provide the bulk of his material How much can one read about the date and time that the President traveled to certain places, that he was warmly received, Clint Hill was a witness to so much history and uses a ghostwriter , so it is a travesty that he makes that history so completely listless in this book The text reads like a rundown o...Four and one half stars.I have read Mr Hill s previous book Five Days in November and was fascinated by his eyewitness account of JFK s murder and the days that followed.This book repeats some of the same material, but most of his recollections are fresh and very insightful Mr Hill reveals the following truths about the Office of the President There is no perfect individual who possesses every single characteristic to be in this position Most have great qualities that enhance the position.A Four and one half stars.I have read Mr Hill s previous book Five Days in November and was fascinated by his eyewitness account of JFK s murder and the days that followed.This book repeats some of the same material, but most of his recollections are fresh and very insightful Mr Hill reveals the following truths about the Office of the President There is no perfect individual who possesses every single characteristic to be in this position Most have great qualities that enhance the position.All Presidents have enormous egos and their need for adulation and adoration can place them in very vulnerable and unsafe situations.Politics is dirty business and there can be some very dirty dealing going on right out in the open, or behind closed doors.Mr Hill and all Secret Service agents were paid a pittance for putting...I first met Clint Hill in 2013 when he and co author, Lisa McCubbin, visited Dallas for a book signing during commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy Hill was famous as the Secret Service agent who had leaped onto the back of the presidential limousine on its breakneck journey to Parkland Hospital following the shooting that killed Kennedy, and he and McCubbin had written a book about his role and the days immediately following.I didn t know that I first met Clint Hill in 2013 when he and co author, Lisa McCubbin, visited Dallas for a book signing during commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President...If I had not lived through these presidential terms I would have not finished this book, as it is written as if it is a Secret Service report flat It gave me a behind the scenes look at events and daily happenings that I had followed in the newspap...This is the fascinating story of retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill He is most remembered for being the man who climbed onto the back of John F Kennedy s Presidential Limousine moments too late on November 22, 1963 The book is about as straightforward as it can get, chronologically providing a detailed overview of the ups and downs Clint faced while serving for five different presidents from 1958 1975 What made the reading experience fascinating for me was not only the historical moment This is the fascinating story of retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill He is most remembered for being the man who ...This is an excellent book with many auto biographical references and facts that have not been described in other references This book read like a novel in that it was easy to understand and hard to put down I read it in two days.I grew up in that era and like everyone else I had an awareness of the key events I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when JFK was assassinated I was never a big fan of LBJ and I was surprised about his passions and concerns for our country I will read t This is an excellent book with many auto biographical references and facts that have not been described in other references This book read like a novel in that it was...I really enjoyed this book.It was interesting to get a behind the scenes look at the way our President s life is guarded, and the sometimes foolhardy things the President does to put his own life in danger ie J...Clint Hill has lived quite a life having experienced first hand what it is like to protect five of our country s presidents vice presidents I loved every moment of reading his memoir and was sad to see it end.I enjoyed his honesty, humor, and bluntness in this memoir It was an engaging behind the sc...This is a great chance for those of us who are so interested in American history to find out what presidents are really like Clint Hill protected presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon To find out what these men were really like and the sacrifices that were made to protect them is amazing They were all so different from each other and these Secret Service men had to adjust to each man s needs and demands.Although I didn t select this book to read because of the current status of our president, t This is a great chance for those of us who are so interested in American history to find out what presidents are really like Clint Hill protected presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon To find out what these men were really like and the sacrifices that were made to prote...

• English
• 12 September 2017
Clint Hill
• Hardcover
• 464 pages
• 1476794138
• Clint Hill
• Five Presidents