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The Secret Service : The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
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The Secret Service : The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency Paperback - 2005

by Melanson, Philip H

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Now in paperback comes the first definitive history to probe the long-shrouded U.S. government agency recently merged into the Homeland Security Department.

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  • Title The Secret Service : The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
  • Author Melanson, Philip H
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 456
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-09-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5420335-6
  • ISBN 9780786716173 / 0786716177
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.53 x 1.26 in (20.88 x 14.05 x 3.20 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.23

About the author

Philp H. Melanson, Ph. D., an expert on political violence and governmental secrecy, has done original research into the JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King assassinations, prompting appearances on CBS Evening News, BBC, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and C-SPAN.

He has served as a consultant to the (JFK) Assassinations-Records Review Board, and is coordinator of the RFK Assassination Archives at the University of Massachussetts Dartmouth. His last book was Secrecy Wars: National Security, Privacy, and the Public's Right to Know. He lives in Marion, Massachussetts.