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This book provides a background on Presidents and Presidential candidates that have been subjected to assassination attempts, or assassinations. Ronald L. Feinman explores the circumstances of each attempt; the Secret Service's response; the victims, public, and media reactions to the assassinations; as well as fifteen "might have been" Presidents.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Andrew Jackson at the U.S. Capitol
Chapter 2: Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
Chapter 3: James A. Garfield at the D.C. Railroad Station
Chapter 4: William McKinley at the Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Chapter 5: Theodore Roosevelt at the Milwaukee Gilpatrick Hotel
Chapter 6: Franklin D. Roosevelt at Miami Bayfront Park
Chapter 7: Huey P. Long at the Louisiana State Capitol
Chapter 8: Harry S Truman at Blair House
Chapter 9: John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza
Chapter 10: Robert F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel
Chapter 11: George C. Wallace at Laurel, Maryland Shopping Center
Chapter 12: Richard M. Nixon and the Baltimore Airport Incident
Chapter 13: Gerald R. Ford at Sacramento and San Francisco
Chapter 14: Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton Hotel
Chapter 15: Late 20th Century Presidents and Assassination Threats
Chapter 16: 21st Century Presidents and Assassination Threats
Chapter 17: 15 "Might Have Been" Presidents in History
Charts
Selected Bibliography
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By Ronald L. Feinman
Zusammenfassung
This book provides a background on Presidents and Presidential candidates that have been subjected to assassination attempts, or assassinations. Ronald L. Feinman explores the circumstances of each attempt; the Secret Service’s response; the victims, public, and media reactions to the assassinations; as well as fifteen “might have been” Presidents.
