Philip H. Melanson (1944–2006)

Author of The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency

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About the Author

Chancellor Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Philip H. Melanson is an internationally recognized expert on political violence and governmental secrecy. Most of his thirteen previous books relate to political assassination and violence, governmental show more secrecy, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies. His media appearances have included NPR, the BBC, CBS, and CNN news programs. Dr. Melanson lives in Marion, Massachusetts show less

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Works by Philip H. Melanson

The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination: New Revelations on the Conspiracy and Cover-Up, 1968-1991 (1991) 22 copies

Who Killed Robert Kennedy? (1993) 13 copies

Spy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence (1990) 12 copies

Who Killed Martin Luther King? (1993) 12 copies

Secrecy wars : national security, privacy, and the public's right to know (2001) 11 copies

The Martin Luther King Assassination: New Revelations on the Conspiracy and Cover-Up, 1968-1991 (1731) 10 copies

The Murkin Conspiracy: An Investigation into the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1989) 8 copies

The Assassination Triology: Three Vol. Set (1993) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Kennedys: Stories of Life and Death from an American Family (2001) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Birthdate: 1944-06-25
Date of death: 2006-09-18
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Marion, Massachusetts, USA
Organizations: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

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The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an… by Philip H. Melanson

A basic, boring history of the Secret Service. The hints at controversy are intriguing, but then they leave you to draw your own conclusion. In the end, I decided that cutting the Secret Service budget probably is the wrong place to cut.

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dherrick52 | 1 other review | Mar 12, 2011 |

The Secret Service : the hidden history of an… by Philip H. Melanson

The author is very critical of the Secret Service. His chapter on the Kennedy killing suggests that better driving could have gotten him out of the way after the first shot. He is equally cricitical of how the Reagan shooting played out. It would be interesting to learn his take on the shoes thrown at Bush. Why did the Secret Service permit the second shoe to be thrown. I would give this book a B.

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carterchristian1 | 1 other review | Mar 24, 2009 |

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