The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. The assassination of one president, the resignation of another, and the swearing-in of the two who followed those traumatic events. Clint Hill was there, on duty, through Five Presidents. After an extraordinary career as a Special Agent on the White House Detail, Clint Hill retired in 1975. His career spanned the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. A witness to some of the most pivotal moments in the twentieth century, Hill lets you walk in his shoes alongside the most powerful men in the world during tumultuous times in America’s history—the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Vice President Spiro Agnew and President Nixon. It was indeed a turbulent time—and through it all, Clint Hill had a unique insider perspective. His fascinating stories will shed new light on the character and personality of each of these five presidents, as Hill witnesses their human sides in the face of grave decisions.


本書出自《紐約時報》第一名暢銷作家克林特．希爾，他同時也是《Mrs. Kennedy and Me》及《Five Days in November》兩書的作者。希爾回顧自己在美國特勤局任職的 17 年內，服務過艾森豪、甘迺迪、詹森、尼克森及福特多位總統，經歷過一任總統遭到暗殺、另一任總統請辭、以及這些悲劇之後，仍服務了兩任總統。幹員希爾在 5 位總統任期內盡忠職守，1975 年在白宮特勤隊特工崗位上退休，職業生涯行跨艾森豪、甘迺迪、詹森尼克森及福特 5 位總統的任期。希爾見證了許多 20 世紀的關鍵時刻，帶領讀者一起回顧美國歷史上最為紛亂的時期，包括冷戰、古巴導彈危機、甘迺迪總統、馬丁路德金恩及小甘迺迪遇刺事件、越戰、水門事件、副總統斯皮羅．阿格紐和尼克森總統的請辭。這的確是美國史上一段動盪的時期，希爾置身政治圈，對於這些事情有他獨特的觀點，他見證了 5 位總統面臨重大決擇時所展露出的人性面，希爾的故事也對他們的個性與人格特質有了全新的闡釋。