Within Arms Length, Dan Emmett
Within Arms Length, Dan Emmett
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Within Arm's Length
A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President

Author: Dan Emmett

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/26/2014

Synopsis

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.

About Dan Emmett

After a stint in the Marine Corps, Dan Emmett joined the United States Secret Service, serving on the elite Counter Assault Team before being selected for the most coveted of all assignments in the Secret Service: the Presidential Protective Division. After twenty-one years as an agent, Dan retired from the Secret Service and joined the CIA for six more years. Today, Dan is an adjunct professor as well as a security consultant for both private industry and the U.S. government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

3.5 stars. If you are looking for behind the scenes gossip about the Secret Service or any of the protectees, this is not the book for you. Emmett writes about his own personal story of how he came to be a Secret Service agent and his career in the service (1984-2004) along with the history of the o......more

Goodreads review by Ken

The author provides a straightforward analysis of his long and successful career in the The United States Secret Service both as an agent and an instructor. However, if you are looking for any 'inside scoops' or 'political posturing' your won't find it here. Dan Emmett values the office of the presi......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

This book reveals what we have long suspected - the real life of a PPD agent in the Secret Service is nothing like what you see in the movies. Emmett has an easy conversational tone perfect for a Sunday afternoon read. I did find myself wishing that he would get more technical (but maybe that's a def......more

Goodreads review by Jan

This book was fascinating. I do not normally read nonfiction, but this book didn't feel like nonfiction. Rather, it went so quickly and I learned so much about not only the Secret Service, but also about the CIA. So many misconceptions have been corrected and I now have a feel for the kind of life a......more

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