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Abraham
Andrew
Author_Nancy E. Marion
Author_Willard M. Oliver
Bill
Bush
Carter
Category=JP
Clinton
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Ford
Franklin D.
Garfield
George H.W.
George W.
Gerald
Harding
Harry S.
Jackson
James
Jimmy
John F.
Kennedy
Lincoln
McKinley
Office of the Presidency
Presidential Protection
Reagan
Ronald
Roosevelt
Rumored Assassination Attempts
Taylor
Theodore
Truman
U.S. Secret Service
Warren G.
William
Zachary
Product details
- ISBN 9780313364747
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book offers an analysis of every American presidential assassination and various attempted assassinations, examining the events surrounding each event and the people involved.
The assassinations and attempted assassinations of American presidents were pivotal events that reverberated throughout the nation, even in cases where the murder was botched. The individuals behind each plot are often fascinating studies in obsession and distorted perception of reality—like President James Garfield's assassin, who spent an extra dollar on the gun he chose for the act simply because it would look better in a museum display after the event.
For the first time under one cover, this text offers a concise study of every presidential assassination, attempt, and rumor. Each chapter focuses on a single American assassination, providing an analysis of the president, the assassin, and the events that shaped their arrival at that place in time. The chapter then describes the assassination or attempt itself and the long-term impacts of the crime. Accounts of the more contemporary incidents involving Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush especially demonstrate the evolution of the monumental task of protecting the U.S. president in a free and open society.
Willard M. Oliver is professor of criminal justice in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.
Nancy Marion is professor of political science and fellow at the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, Akron, OH.
