An unplanned life [electronic resource] : a memoir / by George McKee Elsey.
Publication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2005.Description: ix, 276 p. : illISBN:- 0826216226 (alk. paper)
- Elsey, George M., 1918-
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- American Red Cross -- History -- 20th century
- Political consultants -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- E840.8.E45 A3 2005eb
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Includes index.
From Oakmont to ONI -- The Map Room -- Normandy -- Back to the White House -- A new president -- Into everything -- 1948 -- "A passion for anonymity" -- Korea -- Sally, Averell, and the Red Cross -- Pullman and the Pentagon -- Capstone.
"Memoir of the author's experiences working in the White House during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, including inside accounts of his work on classified documents, U.S.-Soviet relations, and Truman's "Whistle-Stop Campaign," and his long association with the American Red Cross"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.