The spoils of World War II : the American military's role in the stealing of Europe's treasures / Kenneth D. Alford.

"A Birch Lane Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.

Introduction -- 1: Spilling the Beans -- 2: The Hungarian Gold Train -- 3: The Budingen Affair -- 4: The Occupation of Berlin -- 5: The Early Raids -- 6: The Kaminsky Affair -- 7: Concealing the Nest Eggs -- 8: The General's Kingdom -- 9: The Property Control Warehouse -- 10: The Salzburg Coin Collection -- 11: Robberies in the Property Control Warehouse -- 12: Judge James H. McGuire -- 13: The Unearthing of the Treasure -- 14: Washington D.C. - 1946 -- 15: The Tightening Noose -- 16: The Trials -- 17: The End of the Gold Train Property -- 18: Austria - 1947 -- 19: The Austrian Monasteries -- 20: The Salzburg Province -- 21: The Munich Collection Center -- 22: Evelyn Tucker's Final Report -- 23: The Looting of the Munich Collection Center -- 24: The Good Fortune of Austria -- 25: Resolution -- Appendix: Partial Inventory of SS Loot.