Mel Ayton

Plotting to Kill the President (eBook, PDF)

Assassination Attempts from Washington to Hoover

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the birth of our nation and the election of the first president, groups of organized plotters or individuals have been determined to assassinate the chief executive. From the Founding Fathers to the Great Depression, three presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley. However, unknown to the general public, almost all presidents have been threatened, put in danger, or survived "near lethal approaches" during their terms. Plotting to Kill the President reveals the numerous, previously untold incidents when assassins, plotters, and individuals have threatened the lives of American presidents, from George Washington to Herbert Hoover. Mel Ayton has uncovered these episodes, including an attempt to assassinate President Hayes during his inauguration ceremony, an attempt to shoot Benjamin Harrison on the streets of Washington, an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt at the White House, and many other incidents that have never been reported or have been covered up. Ayton also recounts the stories of Secret Service agents and bodyguards from each administration who put their lives in danger to protect the commander in chief. Plotting to Kill the President demonstrates the unsettling truth that even while the nation sleeps, those who would kill the president are often hard at work devising new schemes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612348810
• Artikelnr.: 72305068

Autorenporträt

Mel Ayton is the author of numerous books, including Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama and The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (Potomac, 2008), and was a history consultant for the BBC, the National Geographic channel, and the Discovery Channel.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Preface: New Revelations    
1. Guarding the Early Presidents    
2. The First Attack on an American President    
3. The Antebellum Presidents    
4. Protecting Abraham Lincoln    
5. The Reconstruction Presidents    
6. James Garfield’s Assassination and Chester Arthur’s “Near Miss”    
7. The Attempted Assassination of Benjamin Harrison    
8. The Plots to Kill Grover Cleveland    
9. The Anarchists and William McKinley    
10. The Assassination Attempts against Theodore Roosevelt    
11. Targeting William Howard Taft    
12. The Stalking of Woodrow Wilson    
13. Harding, Coolidge, and the Secret Service    
14. The Argentinean Plot to Assassinate Herbert Hoover    
Afterword: Notoriety, the Copycat Effect, and Presidential Secrecy    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index