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Author:

Jacobsen, Annie.

Title:

Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

pages cm.

Subject:

World War (1939-1945)
1900 - 1999
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
Brain drain--Germany--History--20th century.
Scientists--History--Germany--History--20th century.
Scientists--History--United States--History--20th century.
Physicians--History--Germany--History--20th century.
Nazis--History--20th century.
War criminals--Germany--History--20th century.
Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
Military research--History--20th century.
German Americans--History--20th century.
Brain drain.
German Americans.
Intelligence service.
Military research.
Nazis.
Physicians--Recruiting.
Scientists--Recruiting.
Technology.
War criminals.
Germany.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The war and the weapons -- Destruction -- The hunters and the hunted -- Liberation -- The captured and their interrogators -- Harnessing the chariot of destruction -- Hitler's doctors -- Black, white and gray -- Hitler's chemists -- Hired or hanged -- The ticking clock -- Total war of apocalyptic proportions -- Science at any price -- Strange judgment -- Chemical menace -- Headless monster -- Hall of mirrors -- Downfall -- Truth serum -- In the dark shadows -- Limelight -- Legacy -- What lasts?.

Summary:

Details how the U.S. government embarked on a covert operation to recruit and employ Nazi scientists in the years following World War II in an effort to prevent their knowledge and expertise from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union.

ISBN:

0316239828 (large print)
9780316239820 (large print)
031622104X (hardcover)
9780316221047 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2013028255

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