Secret Service The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency

Philip H. Melanson, PH.D., is Chancellor Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is an expert on political violence and governmental secrecy, and has done original research into the JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King assassinations, prompting appearances on the CBS Evening News, BBC, History Channel, and Discovery Channel. 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 Massachusetts Dartmouth. Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act he has obtained the release of approximately 200,000 pages of previously classified government documents. He serves as chair of the executive board and senior research fellow at the Center for Policy Analysis, and lectures widely to colleges and universities, law enforcement agencies and at military installations. He has published articles in such publications as The Nation, Politics and Society, Comparative Political Studies and Library Journal. Prior to The Secret Service, his most recent book was Secrecy Wars. The News and Features Editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, Peter F. Stevens is a journalist and author whose books include The Voyage of the Catalpa: A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels' Escape to Freedom; The Rogue's March: John Riley and the St. Patrick's Battalion, 1846-1848; The Mayflower Murderer and Other Forgotten Firsts in American History; Notorious and Notable New Englanders; and Links Lore: Dramatic Moments and Neglected Milestones from Golf History.Melanson, Philip is the author of 'Secret Service The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency' with ISBN 9780786712519 and ISBN 0786712511.