Operation Paperclip, the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America, Annie Jacobsen
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Operation Paperclip, the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America, Annie Jacobsen
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eng
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history
Main title
Operation Paperclip
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827257601
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Annie Jacobsen
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the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America
Summary
In the chaos following WWII, 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
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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- Scientists + Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks on CD
- World War, 1939-1945 + Technology
- Nazis + History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
- Scientists + Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Technologie
- German Americans + History -- 20th century
- Physicians + Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Non-Fiction
- Military research + History -- 20th century
- Brain drain -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- War criminals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Américains d'origine allemande + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Médecins + Recrutement -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Livres audio
- Recherche militaire + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Exode des cerveaux -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Nazis + Histoire -- 20e siècle
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- Scientists + Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks on CD
- World War, 1939-1945 + Technology
- Nazis + History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
- Scientists + Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Technologie
- German Americans + History -- 20th century
- Physicians + Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Non-Fiction
- Military research + History -- 20th century
- Brain drain -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- War criminals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Américains d'origine allemande + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Médecins + Recrutement -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Livres audio
- Recherche militaire + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Exode des cerveaux -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Nazis + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Content1
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