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020 _a9780316221047 (hardcover)
020 _z0316239828 (large print)
020 _z9780316239820 (large print)
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050 0 0 _aD810.S2
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100 1 _aJacobsen, Annie,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOperation Paperclip :
_bthe secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America /
_cAnnie Jacobsen.
246 3 0 _aSecret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bLittle, Brown and Company,
_c2014.
300 _axii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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?
520 _aDetails 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.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xTechnology.
650 0 _aBrain drain
_zGermany
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aScientists
_xRecruiting
_zGermany
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aScientists
_xRecruiting
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPhysicians
_xRecruiting
_zGermany
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aNazis
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWar criminals
_zGermany
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aMilitary research
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aGerman Americans
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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