Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America /
Jacobsen, Annie,
Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America / Secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America Annie Jacobsen. - First edition. - xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index.
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?
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.
031622104X (hardcover) 9780316221047 (hardcover)
2013028255
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
Brain drain--History--Germany--20th century.
Scientists--Recruiting--History--Germany--20th century.
Scientists--Recruiting--History--United States--20th century.
Physicians--Recruiting--History--Germany--20th century.
Nazis--History--20th century.
War criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Intelligence service--History--United States--20th century.
Military research--History--20th century.
German Americans--History--20th century.
D810.S2 / J33 2014
940.54/867308850943
Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America / Secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America Annie Jacobsen. - First edition. - xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index.
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?
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.
031622104X (hardcover) 9780316221047 (hardcover)
2013028255
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
Brain drain--History--Germany--20th century.
Scientists--Recruiting--History--Germany--20th century.
Scientists--Recruiting--History--United States--20th century.
Physicians--Recruiting--History--Germany--20th century.
Nazis--History--20th century.
War criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Intelligence service--History--United States--20th century.
Military research--History--20th century.
German Americans--History--20th century.
D810.S2 / J33 2014
940.54/867308850943