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Operation Paperclip The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

By Annie Jacobsen

Book information

Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Year
2014
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4988077 bytes)
Pages
\589
Time added
2016-09-28 23:53:52

Description

The explosive story of Americas secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reichs scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitlers 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?

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