Blaine's book is boring

too much of which we already knew, September 22, 2012


By dennis (fort valley, va, United States) - See all my reviews

(REAL NAME) This review is from: The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (Paperback)

Not only does this book retell history, much of which can be found in History text books, the author seems to make comments that do not seem pertinent, at least events that have little to do with the job of Special Agents. The title is misleading. I didn't buy the book to read about the lives of Agents. If the book was titled "The impact of being a Presidential detail Secret Service Agent", the title would be more correct. The title intimates that we are going to get some personal details of a man who has been dead for 50 years. According to what I know, which may be incorrect, death and the passing of a century protects the writer from being sued, and could be of benefit to historians. It certainly does not violate any confidentiality or code that may have once be applicable. Nobody could still be working on November 22, 1963 as a Secret Service Agent, who currently works for the agency today. They are all private citizens.



I thought the text was just slightly above boring. Who besides myself, bought this book, for a more in depth personal view of Presidents that can not be found in scholastic History text books.



I was a second year student on campus, when I heard of the death of Kennedy. This book does nothing to inform me of anything more than I have learned in 50 years.