Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Ja...
Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Ja...
Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Call Numbers
G 2014/3019
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 pr...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2014.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
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.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen.
Portion of title
secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-560) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/3019
Record Identifier
74VKv62kegPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv62kegPy
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ISBN
0316239828 (large print)
9780316221047 (hardcover)
031622104X (hardcover)
9780316239820 (large print)
DDC
940.54867308850943
MMS ID
991021464899702626
