Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America

Author: Unknown

Title: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America

Binding: Audio CD

Release Date: 2014

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The explosive, dark secrets behind America's post-World War II science programs from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51
In the chaos following World War II, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The US government secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis' knowledge outweighed their crimes and began a covert operation code-named Paperclip to allow them to work in the United States without the public's full knowledge. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators and with access to German archival documents (including papers made available to her by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and lost dossiers discovered at the National Archives and Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into one of the most complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secrets of the twentieth century.


Review


An engrossing and deeply disturbing expose that poses ultimate questions of means versus ends.-- "Booklist (starred review)"


As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest expose from Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date...Rife with hypocrisy, lies, and deceit, Jacobsen's story explores a conveniently overlooked bit of history the significance of which continues to resonate in the national security issues of today.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"


At the climax of World War II in Europe, the US government searched for the intellectual bounty of the Third Reich even as the Allied services were hunting Nazi war criminals...Built upon archival records, court transcripts, declassified documents, and interviews, Jacobsen's impressive book plumbs the dark depths of this postwar recruiting and shows the historical truths behind the space race and postwar US dominance.-- "Library Journal (starred review)"


The most in-depth account yet of the lives of Paperclip recruits and their American counterparts...Jacobsen deftly untangles the myriad German and American agencies and personnel involved...Gripping and skillfully rendered are the stories of American and British officials who scoured defeated Germany for Nazi scientists and their research.-- "New York Times Book Review"


The story of how perpetrators of World War II were treated as spoils of war, brought to light with new information in this diligent report...Throughout, the author delivers harrowing passages of immorality, duplicity, and deception, as well as some decency and lots of high drama. How Dr. Strangelove came to America and thrived, told in graphic detail.-- "Kirkus Reviews"


About the Author


Annie Jacobsen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain. She is a graduate of Princeton University and a former contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

EAN: 9781478981909

Package Dimensions: Height: 6.9 Inches, Length: 6.1 Inches, Weight: 499 Grams, Width: 2.1 Inches

Languages: en