The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The book is good overall.The story has been told a 1,000 times and depending on your leaning you are either into the conspiracy or the lone shooter and this book speaks to neither of the possibilities.The focus of the book is the time from before the assasination until the funeral... and life after the dying of a president. It mentions facts related to oswald in custody and ruby shooting him. It speaks to the various conspiracies but that is not the point of the book. I was very happy to see all of the various ideas crammed into one small chapter and not the primary focus of the book.The books deals with the real life interaction between the first family and the Secret Service.A very interesting look behind the Sunglassed Curtain.A good book, a lot that I had not read in the past. I grabbed this book as soon as it came out...literally on my way home from Arlington Cemetery in November 2010, after visiting the Kennedy gravesite. To describe the reading experience as "extremely moving" would be a gross under-statement. To finally hear the story from those who were part of the story was not only refreshing, but extremely memorable. It's important that this book will live to tell the story long after all of us who watched it (on TV, for instance) are gone. The details of the relationships that were built between the agents and the First Family are an example of the unique authenticity this book provides. Stories of JFK bringing short-sleeved shirts out to agents standing duty in the hot sun in Florida, or coffee to an agent freezing on the steps of the brownstone in Manhattan, provide a perspective on Camelot like no other I've seen in these 5 decades.I remember sitting on a flight, in an aisle seat, with the book on my tray table. A woman walked by and asked, "Is that what I think it is?" She then picked it up to take a look. She couldn't put it down, nor could the other passengers who gathered to see and talk about it. Yes, we caused a minor disruption. It was amazing, and spoke to the power of the perspective that Blaine and others provided.This is one of the best and most important books I've ever read! I will read The Kennedy Detail again and again, as I do every GREAT book in my cherished collection, and I strongly recommend it to all readers.
What do You think about The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (2010)?
Interesting but I don't believe for a second that some of the agents weren't in on the murder.
—coleen
Excellent insight into how these young men handled such a heavy responsibility.
—Xoce98
Full of details but surprisingly easy to read and informative.
—des
Great read, very detailed... Took me a while.
—Lizzy
