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After an extraordinary career as a Special Agent on the White House Detail, Clint Hill retired in 1975. His career spanned the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. A witness to some of the most pivotal moments in the twentieth century, Hill lets you walk in his shoes alongside the most powerful men in the world during tumultuous times in America's history--the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Vice President Spiro Agnew and President Nixon. It was indeed a turbulent time--and through it all, Clint Hill had a unique insider perspective. His fascinating stories will shed new light on the character and personality of each of these five presidents, as Hill witnesses their human sides in the face of grave decisions.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: walking beside history
• Part I. With President Eisenhower
• The secret dead body
• The White House detail
• The eleven-nation tour
• The South American tour
• Spying on the Soviets
• The Asian trip
• The 1960 presidential campaign
• Part II. With President Kennedy
• On the first lady detail
• Palm Beach
• Traveling with the Kennedys: Europe
• Hyannis Port
• Traveling with the Kennedys: South America and Mexico
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1963: great expectations
• Triumph and tragedy
• The trip to Texas
• Dallas

• The funeral
• The year after
• Part III. With President Johnson
• The LBJ Ranch
• Inauguration 1965
• The civil-rights president
• A president's burdens
• Traveling with LBJ: Honolulu and Mexico City
• Traveling with LBJ: down under
• 1967
• 1968
• Loyalty
• Last days with LBJ
• Part IV. With Presidents Nixon and Ford
• Vice President Spiro Agnew
• Beware Greeks bearing gifts
• A visit from Elvis
• 1971
• 1972: the beginning of the end
• A White House in turmoil
• The unraveling of a presidency
• History takes its toll
• 60 minutes.

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Author/Creator:

Hill, Clint , author

Contributors:

McCubbin, Lisa , co-author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Five presidents: my extraordinary journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford [by Hill, C.]

Subjects:

Hill, Clint

United States Secret Service — Officials and employees — Biography

Presidents — Protection — United States

United States Secret Service

Employees

Presidents — Protection

Presidents

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes index.

Physical Description:

x, 451 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

HV7911.H454 A3 2017

ISBNs:

9781476794143 (pbk.)
1476794146 (pbk.)

OCLC Numbers:

944380429