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| Original Title: | Operation Paperclip |
| ISBN: | 031622104X (ISBN13: 9780316221047) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/annie-jacobsen/operation-paperclip/9780316221054/ |
Annie Jacobsen
Hardcover | Pages: 575 pages Rating: 4.02 | 3089 Users | 428 Reviews
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The explosive story of America’s 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 Reich’s scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis’ once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler’s 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?
Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including previously unseen papers made available by direct descendants of the Third Reich’s ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and dossiers discovered in government archives and at Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into a startling, complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secret of the twentieth century.
In this definitive, controversial look at one of America’s most strategic, and disturbing, government programs, Jacobsen shows just how dark government can get in the name of national security.
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| Title | : | Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America |
| Author | : | Annie Jacobsen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 575 pages |
| Published | : | February 11th 2014 by Little, Brown and Company |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Science. War. World War II. Politics |
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Admittedly I hadn't even heard of Von Braun or the German scientists until I worked as a Space Camp counselor. But also, living in Huntsville, Al for a while Von Braun is everywhere and he is touted as this amazing figure. I had no idea that the majority of the guys brought over here were total Nazi's, not well I live in Germany and have little power so I don't have much of a choice but to sort of reluctantly go along with it. Nope, these guys were all about some Nazi bullshit. It's also not soThere are three major questions that this book raises:1. The legal question: Was justice served? Despite the Nuremburg trials, given the immensity of the war crimes far too many people served token imprisonment and many of them were released early as a result of West German complaints that these were political prisoners punished by the victors.2. The pragmatic question: Were these scientists needed to win the cold war? I think the answer is yes. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words and the
For anyone who is a history buff, this is one of the best books telling the story of the closing days of WWII. Annie Jacobsen's research is phenomenal. Her book tells the story of the end of the war.... Germany knows it is going to lose......she doesn't even know who the final conqueror will be...Russia or the United States...the US is coming from the West and Russia is barreling towards Germany from the East. To me it is the most detailed story of the war from midway in 1944 to past the their
In 1945, Operation Overcast (renamed Operation Paperclip for the paperclips attached to the dossiers of the scientist) began. More than 1600 German scientist were secretly recruited to work for the United States. There was a race between the United States and the U.S.S. R. to obtain these scientists. At the time Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt and Rabbi Steven Wise publically opposed the program.In 1998 President Clinton signed the Nazi War Crimes disclosure Act, which pushed through the
I have now listened to all but one of Annie Jacobsen's audiobooks and the topics seem to be getting better and better. To be honest I go this book to listen to because I thought it was going to be all about the rocket scientists that were brought to the US under Operation Paperclip because I thought that was the main reason for the program...I was wrong. This book was about so much more and I can't believe what I learned about this time in history. Of course Annie did tough on Dr. Werner Von
This book follows 21 Nazi scientists the US recruited after WW2...some of whom were war criminals. It was a very turbulent time, and the US sought to buttress defenses against the Soviet Union. Hundreds of scientists were recruited, but this book focuses on 21.One of the most interesting parts was just how much Cold War paranoia and fear drove us to abandon our ideals. (Not unlike what is happening with the war on terror now.)Another interesting aspect was that the US is still trying to keep
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