{"product_id":"the-kennedy-detail-jfks-secret-service-agents-break-their-silence-paperback","title":"The Kennedy Detail: Jfk's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Blaine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa McCubbin Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClint Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as told by the Secret Service agents who were firsthand witnesses to one of America's greatest tragedies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Secret Service. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failed--and a country would never be the same. Now, for the first time, a member of JFK's Secret Service detail reveals the inside story of the assassination, the weeks and days that led to it and its heartrending aftermath. This extraordinary book is a moving, intimate portrait of dedication, courage, and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on the memories of his fellow agents, Jerry Blaine captures the energetic, crowd-loving young president, who banned agents from his car and often plunged into raucous crowds with little warning. He describes the careful planning that went into JFK's Texas swing, the worries and concerns that agents, working long hours with little food or rest, had during the trip. And he describes the intensely private first lady making her first-ever political appearance with her husband, just months after losing a newborn baby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here are vivid scenes that could come only from inside the Kennedy detail: JFK's last words to his tearful son when he left Washington for the last time; how a sudden change of weather led to the choice of the open-air convertible limousine that day; Mrs. Kennedy standing blood-soaked outside a Dallas hospital room; the sudden interruption of six-year-old Caroline's long-anticipated sleepover with a friend at home; the exhausted team of agents immediately reacting to the president's death with a shift to LBJ and other key governmental figures; the agents' dismay at Jackie's decision to walk openly from the White House to St. Matthew's Cathedral at the state funeral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most of all, this is a look into the lives of men who devoted their entire beings to protecting the presidential family: the stress of the secrecy they kept, the emotional bonds that developed, the terrible impact on agents' psyches and families, and their astonishment at the country's obsession with far-fetched conspiracy theories and finger-pointing. A book fifty years in coming, \u003ci\u003eThe Kennedy Detail \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of incredible camaraderie and incredible heartbreak--a true, must-read story of heroism in its most complex and human form.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a Special Agent of the Secret Service on the White House Detail, Gerald \"Jerry\" Blaine had the privilege of serving three U.S. presidents during one of the most tumultuous times in American history. After resigning from the Secret Service following John F. Kennedy's assassination, Blaine embarked on a career path with IBM Corporation and became a leading expert in high-level security, lecturing worldwide on the use of computers in Criminal Justice and Intelligence. In 1990, Blaine retired from IBM and joined ARCO International Oil and Gas in Dallas, Texas as the Director of International Security, Government Relations and Foreign Affairs. After retiring from ARCO in 1999 Blaine spent four years with Hill \u0026amp; Associates, an Asian-based consulting company, as a Senior Consultant, and finally retired from the corporate world in 2003. He now lives in in Grand Junction, Colorado with Joyce, his wife of more than fifty years. The couple has two children and four grandchildren. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLisa McCubbin Hill is an award-winning journalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author. She is the author of the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eBetty Ford: First Lady Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor (with Clint Hill) of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eMrs. Kennedy and Me\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFive Days in November\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFive Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. \u003c\/i\u003eShe met Clint Hill while writing her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Kennedy Detail\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eJFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gerald Blaine). Previously, Lisa was a television news anchor, reporter, and talk-radio host. After September 11, she was a freelance writer in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. In 2021, Lisa McCubbin married coauthor Clint Hill. Visit her at LisaMcCubbin.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClint Hill is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Kennedy and Me\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFive Days in November\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFive Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNixon, and Ford\u003c\/i\u003e. A United States Secret Service Agent from 1958 to 1975, Clint Hill was assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. For his courage and swift actions that day, Hill received the nation's highest civilian award for bravery. Starting out as a Special Agent, Clint Hill served as Agent in Charge of the First Lady Detail, the Vice Presidential Protective Division, the Presidential Protective Division, and when he was retired in 1975, he was Assistant Director responsible for all protective activity. Hill married coauthor Lisa McCubbin in 2021. Find out more at ClintHillSecretService.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755526709581,"sku":"9781439192993","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Mk1LdjEwakVSQk1wc09sS3RrNXR2dz09.webp?v=1776719238","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-kennedy-detail-jfks-secret-service-agents-break-their-silence-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}