Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Laramie County Community College - Main Collection
D810 .S2 J43 2014
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D810 .S2 J43 2014
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Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | D810 .S2 J43 2014 | On Shelf |
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Albany Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 940.548673 JACOBSEN | On Shelf |
Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 940.5486 JACOBSEN 2014 | On Shelf |
Laramie Co. Library - Cheyenne - Third Floor | 509.2243 JOC | On Shelf |
Natrona Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 940.5486 JACOBSEN | On Shelf |
Park Co. Library - Nonfiction | 940.5486 JACOBSEN | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Brain drain -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
German Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military research -- History -- 20th century.
Nazis -- History -- 20th century.
Physicians -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Scientists -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Scientists -- Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War criminals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology.
German Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military research -- History -- 20th century.
Nazis -- History -- 20th century.
Physicians -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Scientists -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Scientists -- Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War criminals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology.
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index.
Summary
In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. Many of these men were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder and slavery. They were also directly responsible for major advances in rocketry, medical treatments, and the U.S. space program. Was Operation Paperclip a moral outrage, or did it help America win the Cold War? Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including previously unseen papers made available by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and dossiers discovered in government archives and at Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into a startling, complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secret of the twentieth century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jacobsen, A. (2014). Operation Paperclip: the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. 2014. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
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