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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientist
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780316221030
- Book Title
- Operation Paperclip : the Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / Special Forces, Military Science, Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Experiments & Projects, Physicians, Emigration & Immigration, Intelligence & Espionage, Genocide & War Crimes, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Item Weight
- 18.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 624 Pages
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Product Information
In the chaos following World War II, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The U.S. 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 U.S. 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 newly available by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and lost dossiers discovered in government archives and at 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 20th century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316221031
ISBN-13
9780316221030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202526390
Product Key Features
Book Title
Operation Paperclip : the Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Special Forces, Military Science, Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Experiments & Projects, Physicians, Emigration & Immigration, Intelligence & Espionage, Genocide & War Crimes, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
624 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest expose from Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date.... Jacobsen persuasively shows that it in fact happened and aptly frames the dilemma.... Rife with hypocrisy, lies, and deceit, Jacobsen's story explores a conveniently overlooked bit of history." -- Publishers Weekly (starred), "An engrossing and deeply disturbing exposé that poses ultimate questions of means versus ends." -- Booklist (starred), "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...more 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, "A compelling work with interesting historical and personal revelations."-- Jay Watkins, CIA's Intelligence in Public Literature, "[A] gripping, always disquieting story of a nation forced to trade principle for power.... Jacobsen gives us many vivid moments.... OPERATION PAPERCLIPtakes its place in the annals of Cold War literature, one more proof that moral purity and great power can seldom coexist."-- Chris Tucker , The Dallas Morning News, "With Annie Jacobsen's OPERATION PAPERCLIP for the first time the enormity of the effort has been laid bare. The result is a book that is at once chilling and riveting, and one that raises substantial and difficult questions about national honor and security...This book is a remarkable achievement of investigative reporting and historical writing."-- Boston Globe, "Darkly picaresque.... Jacobsen persuasively argues that the mindset of the former Nazi scientists who ended up working for the American government may have exacerbated Cold War paranoia."-- New Yorker, One of The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2014 One of iBooks' Top Ten Nonfiction Books of the Year "Important, superbly written.... Jacobsen's book allows us to explore these questions with the ultimate tool: hard evidence. She confronts us with the full extent of Paperclip's deal with the devil, and it's difficult to look away."-- Matt Damsker , USA Today (4 stars)
Dewey Decimal
940.54/867308850943
Dewey Edition
23
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- Jun 21, 2021Top favorable review
This is a fantastic truth book about 1,600 german scientists and engineers absorbed by the USA and made citizens despite their Natzi pasts!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: blowitoutahere
- Dec 02, 2020
Describes seeking justice vs superiority in the arms race
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- Jun 14, 2022
This must accompany any history lesson on WWII
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- Mar 01, 2024
Extremely well researched WWll history about what the Nazi's were capable of., Scientifically, Militarily, as well as their disregard for humanityy.
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- Sep 01, 2016
Great Book!!!
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