Cover image for The fight : a Secret Service agent's inside account of security failings and the political machine
The fight : a Secret Service agent's inside account of security failings and the political machine
Title:
The fight : a Secret Service agent's inside account of security failings and the political machine
Publication Date as Range:
2016
ISBN:
9781250082985
Physical Description:
xi, 226 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Abstract:
What events lef a veteran Secret Service agent at the top of his profession, which no political experience, to resign his position and run for office, nearly pulling off the unlikeliest of upsets as a Republican in a deep-blue state? More importnat, what insight on issues from national and personal security to big politics can be gleaned from his successes as a Secret Service agent and failures in politics? As a former member of the elite Presidential Protection Division who served three presidents, bestselling author Dan Bongino is uniquely qualified to provide a view from behind the curtain to warn readers about the political system that is failing them, and the security future that won't protect them. The majority of Americans come into contact with security only when they fly or enter their workplace. They are rarely able to become acquainted with the politicans they know from robo-calls and TV ads. Bongino has experienced the inner workings of the national security apparatus and the failed political theater that we all feel but rarely understand. Using a mix of current events, an insider's analysis, and tales from his time protecting the president, he shows where clear and foreseeable leadership failures from out currrent administration led to grave consequences. From a broken political process to a president who consistently misreads the American people, he shows us where America has gone wrong and how we can fight back.
Personal Subject:
Holds: