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Author Jacobsen, Annie.

Title Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.5486 JACOBSEN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  940.5486 JAC    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5486 JACOBSEN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  940.5486 J157    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.54 JAC    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.54 J    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 JAC    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.548 JAC    DUE 08-25-23 Billed
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5486 JACOBSEN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5486 JACOBSEN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-560) and index.
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?
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.
Subject 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.
Added Title Operation Paper Clip
ISBN 9780316221047 hardback
031622104X hardback
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