Screen LibraryOperation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America /
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.
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Little, Brown and Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780316221047 (hardcover) : 031622104X (hardcover) 9780316239820 (large print) 0316239828 (large print) 9780316277440 (paperback) 0316277444 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | D810 |
| CLC: | K516.44 |
| Call Number: | K516.44/J175 |
| 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? |