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An unplanned life : a memoir / by George McKee Elsey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elsey, George M., 1918-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political consultants--United States--Biography.
- Political consultants.
- Presidents--United States--Staff--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- American Red Cross--History--20th century.
- American Red Cross.
- Elsey, George M., 1918-2015.
- Elsey, George M.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826264886
- 0826264883
- OCLC:
- 613371985
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