Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Byrne, Gary J.; Schmidt, Grant M.

Published by Center Street, New York, 2018

About this Item

As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Gary J. Byrne; Dedication; Introduction: Distrust and No Confidence; Endnotes; Acknowledgments; and About the Author. The upper right rear jacket edge has a 1/8th inch closed tear; the jacket is otherwise in as new condition (see photographs). "Former Secret Service Officer and Author of the Runaway #1 New York Times Bestseller Crisis of Character, Gary Byrne Unmasks the Secret Service. Understand Why the Secret Service is Failing, and What Must Be Done So Its Mission Can Be Saved." - from the outer rear jacket. "The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk. The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation. Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this critical organization from the inside out. Today, as it works to protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads, and the time needed to choose the right course is running out. Agents and officers are leaving the Secret Service in droves, or they're being overworked to the point where they lose focus on the job. Management makes decisions based on politics, not the welfare of their employees. Byrne believes that this means danger for the men and women of the Secret Service, danger for the President they protect, and danger for the nation. In this book, he shares what he has witnessed and learned about the Secret service with the hope that the problems of this most important agency can be fixed before it's too late." - from the inner front jacket flap. Seller Inventory # 004973

Bibliographic Details

Title: Secrets of the Secret Service: The History ...

Publisher: Center Street, New York

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition