"Controversial." --Inside Edition "This book is a must-read for anyone anticipating a job in government security services or police administration." --Abraham Bolden, first African American Secret Service agent assigned to PPD "I found Within Arm's Length to be an honest window into the long, at times exuberant, and often difficult career of a Secret Service Agent." --Josh King, Polioptics "Within Arm's Length is, without question, the best book ever written about the Secret Service." --Vince Palamara, author of Survivors Guilt "Very moving!" --Jake Tapper, CNN correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of The Outpost "The book is great!" --Tom Sullivan, FOX News "[A] fascinating book." --Shannon Bream, FOX News
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 US 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 the essential book on the Secret Service-a revealing and compelling inside look at the Presidential Protective Division (PPD) with stories from some of the author's more high-profile assignments in his twenty-one years of service, where he provided arm's length protection worldwide for Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush, both as a member of the PPD and the Counter Assault Team. Dan Emmett describes the professional challenges faced by Secret Service agents as well as the physical and emotional toll that can be inflicted on both agents and their families. Within Arm's Length also shares firsthand details about the duties and challenges of conducting presidential advances, dealing with the media, driving the President in a bullet-proof limousine, running alongside him through the streets of Washington, and flying with him on Air Force One. With fascinating anecdotes, Emmett weaves keen insight into the unique culture and history of the Secret Service and the inner workings of the White House.
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