Description: Title: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America Author: Jacobsen, Annie Publisher: Back Bay Books Binding: Paperback Pages: 624 Dimensions: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d Product Weight: 1.1 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780316221030 The "remarkable" story of America's secret post-WWII science programs (The Boston Globe), from the New York Times bestselling author of Area 51. 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. In this definitive, controversial look at one of America's most strategic, and disturbing, government programs, Jacobsen shows just how dark government can get in the name of national security. "Harrowing...How Dr. Strangelove came to America and thrived, told in graphic detail." --Kirkus Reviews Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Operation Paperclip : the Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Number of Pages: 624 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 1.7 in
Topic: Military / Special Forces, Military Science, Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Experiments & Projects, Physicians, Emigration & Immigration, Intelligence & Espionage, Genocide & War Crimes, Science & Technology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History, Medical
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Author: Annie Jacobsen
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
