Bibliograph

Operation Paperclip, the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America, Annie Jacobsen

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Operation Paperclip, the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America, Annie Jacobsen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-560) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation Paperclip

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827257574

Responsibility statement

Annie Jacobsen

Sub title

the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America

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

Table Of Contents

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?

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Operation Paper Clip, the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America

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