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Zero fail : the rise and fall of the Secret Service / Carol Leonnig.
Van Pelt Library HV8144.S43 L46 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonnig, Carol, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Secret Service.
- Secret service--United States--History.
- Secret service.
- Presidents--Protection--United States--History.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--Assassination--United States--History.
- Presidents--Assassination.
- Administration.
- History.
- Presidents--Assassination attempts.
- Presidents--Protection.
- United States.
- Presidents--Assassination attempts--History.
- Management.
- United States. Secret Service--History.
- United States. Secret Service--Administration.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 532 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- 0 fail
- Rise and fall of the Secret Service
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Carol Leonnig has been covering the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the gaffes and scandals that plague the agency today--from a toxic work culture to outdated equipment and training to the deep resentment among the ranks with the agency's leadership. But the Secret Service wasn't always so troubled. The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by their failure to protect the president on that fateful day, this once-sleepy agency was rapidly transformed into a proud, elite unit that would finally redeem themselves in 1981 by valiantly thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and efficiency would not last forever. By Barack Obama's presidency, the Secret Service was becoming notorious for break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing at the building while agents stood by, a massive prostitution scandal in Cartagena, and many other dangerous lapses. To expose these shortcomings, Leonnig interviewed countless current and former agents who risked their careers to speak out about an agency that's broken and in desperate need of a reform"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. THE TRAGEDY THAT BIRTHED A NEW SECRET SERVICE KENNEDY TO NIXON (1963-1974)
- ch. 1 Protecting Lancer
- ch. 2 Tempting The Devil
- ch. 3 Three Shots In Dallas
- ch. 4 No Time To Grieve
- ch. 5 One Last Day On The Trail
- ch. 6 The President's Spies
- 2. MEETING THE TEST FORD TO CLINTON (1974-1999)
- ch. 7 A Casual Walk To Church
- ch. 8 Battening Down The Hatches
- ch. 9 Night Of The Long Knives
- ch. 10 A Happy Service, A Rising Threat
- ch. 11 A Rock Star President
- ch. 12 The Intern
- 3. TERROR AND POLITICS THE BUSH YEARS (2000-2007)
- ch. 13 Scrambling ON 9/11
- ch. 14 "You Don't Belong Here"
- ch. 15 "He Predicted All Of It"
- 4. THE WHEELS DOME OFF THE OBAMA YEARS (2008-2015)
- ch. 16 "He'll Be Shot Sore As Hell"
- ch. 17 Sullivan's Crew
- ch. 18 The Night Bullets Hit The White House
- ch. 19 "I Woke Up To A Nightmare"
- ch. 20 Sullivan's Struggles
- ch. 21 Outed
- ch. 22 A New Sheriff In Town
- ch. 23 A Listing Ship
- ch. 24 "He's In The House"
- 5. SLIDING BACKWARD THE TRUMP YEARS (2016-2021)
- ch. 25 Clancy's Turn
- ch. 26 Chaos Candidate
- ch. 27 Taking A Hit For Trump.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-519) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Leonnig, Carol. Zero fail.
- ISBN:
- 9780399589010
- 0399589015
- OCLC:
- 1184680025
- Publisher Number:
- 99987463314
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