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Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan

byDel Quentin Wilber

Del Quentin Wilber reconstructs the March 30, 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton. Minute-by-minute reporting follows John Hinckley Jr.'s attack, Secret Service decisions, confusion at the scene, emergency transport, surgery, White House uncertainty, and the treatment of three other wounded men. Interviews and medical records reveal how close Reagan came to dying and how rapidly improvised care saved him. The book turns a familiar news image into a tense account of leadership under pressure, security failure, trauma, and the hidden contingency surrounding a presidency's survival.

Publisher

Picador

Publication date

Mar 27, 2012

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9781250002549