num_pages: 464
description: A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November .Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation. Hill walked alongside Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford seeing them through a long tumultuous erathe Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of John F. Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard M. Nixon.Some of his stunning never-before-revealed anecdotes include:-Eisenhowers reaction at Russian Prime Minister Khrushchevs refusal to talk following the U-2 incident-The torture of watching himself in the Zapruder film in a Secret Service training-Johnsons virtual imprisonment in the White House during violent anti-Vietnam protests-His decision to place White House files under protection after a midnight phone call about Watergate-The challenges of protecting Ford after he pardoned NixonWith a unique insiders perspective Hill sheds new light on the character and personality of these five presidents revealing their humanity in the face of grave decisions.
language: English
title: Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
publisher: Gallery Books