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Operation Paperclip the secret intelligence program to bring 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.

Main Author: Jacobsen, Annie.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Technology.
Brain drain > Germany > History > 20th century.
Scientists > Recruiting > Germany > History > 20th century.
Scientists > Recruiting > United States > History > 20th century.
Physicians > Recruiting > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nazis > History > 20th century.
War criminals > Germany > History > 20th century.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century.
Military research > History > 20th century.
German Americans > History > 20th century.
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.
Physical Description: 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)
Author Notes: Annie Jacobsen is the author of the national bestsellers Area 51 , Operation Paperclip , and Surprise, Kill, Vanish , the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain , and Phenomena . She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine . She is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

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