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Within Arm's Length: A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President

Author:
Dan Emmett
Read by:
Kevin Foley
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Ratings
Book
6
Narrator
5
Release Date
August 26, 2014
Duration
10 hours 5 minutes
Summary
Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the president's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a U.S. Secret Service agent—one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the president, if necessary.


Within Arm's Length is a revealing and compelling inside look at the Secret Service and the elite Presidential Protective Division (PPD). Using stories from some of the author's more high-profile assignments in his twenty-one years of service, Emmett describes the professional, physical, and emotional challenges faced by Secret Service agents. Included are never-before-discussed topics such as the complicated relationship between presidents, first ladies, and their agents; the inner workings of Secret Service protective operations; and the seldom-mentioned challenges of the complex Secret Service cultural issues faced by an agent's family.
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Profile Avatar Alan P. Jan 2021

An excellent first hand viewpoint and very well told!

Profile Avatar Timothy C. Feb 2019

The writing was a little choppy for my taste and the story, while interesting, was a little too self-serving. Not a bad read by any means, but it was not entirely what I wanted or expected.

Profile Avatar William C. Sep 2018

Very interesting and has some strong historical elements.

Within Arm's Length: A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President

Within Arm's Length: A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President

Author: Dan Emmett
Read by: Kevin Foley
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