Overview
- 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.
- Variant Title
- Operation Paper Clip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014
- Locale
- Germany
United States - Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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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? - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-560) 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?
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316221047
031622104X - Physical Description
- xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Technology. Brain drain--Germany--History--20th century. Scientists--Recruiting--Germany--History--20th century. Scientists--Recruiting--United States--History--20th century. Physicians--Recruiting--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.
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- 2024-06-21 19:57:00
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