Enfant Terrible: The Times and Schemes of General Elliott Roosevelt

Of all the children of Franklin and Eleanor, Elliott had the most colorful, dangerous, and controversial career - or rather, dozens of careers. This book emphasizes his contributions to - and subtractions - from aviation history.The contradictions Elliott embodied are stunning. As a war hero who rose from captain to one-star general in only four years, his role in the new discipline of aerial reconnaissance was crucial, and his direct assistance to FDR's, Churchill's, and even Stalin's war ...