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The Nazis next door how America became a safe haven for Hitler's men

"The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exp...

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Main Author: Lichtblau, Eric.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Subjects:
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History > 20th century.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century.
Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Nazis > United States > History > 20th century.
Refugees > United States > History > 20th century.
War criminals > United States > History > 20th century.
Espionage, American > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Summary: "The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exposed by Nazi hunters. But the truth is much worse, and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI brought thousands of perpetrators to America as possible assets against their new Cold War enemies. When the Justice Department finally investigated and learned the truth, the results were classified and buried. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: xvii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-257) and index.
ISBN: 9780547669199 (hardback)
0547669194 (hardback)
Author Notes: ERIC LICHTBLAU , a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, is the best-selling author of The Nazis Next Door and Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice. He was a Washington reporter for the New York Times for fifteen years , while also writing for the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, TIME, and other publications . He has been a frequent guest on NPR, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and other networks, as well as a speaker at many universities and institutions. He lives outside Washington, D.C.

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