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Author Elsey, George M., 1918-2015.

Title An unplanned life [electronic resource] : a memoir / by George McKee Elsey.

Imprint Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 276 p. : ill.
Note Includes index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0826216226 (alk. paper)

 
    
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