Title Operation Paperclip : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen. [Boundless electronic resource]

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First edition.

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New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013]

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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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references 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?.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	World War (1939-1945)
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology.
	Brain drain -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Scientists -- Germany -- Recruiting -- History -- 20th century.
	Scientists -- United States -- Recruiting -- History -- 20th century.
	Physicians -- Germany -- Recruiting -- 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.
	Scientists -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Scientists -- Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Physicians -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Brain drain.
	German Americans.
	Intelligence service.
	Military research.
	Nazis.
	Physicians -- Recruiting.
	Scientists -- Recruiting.
	Technology.
	War criminals.
	Germany.
	United States.
Genre	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Title	Secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Jacobsen, Annie. Operation Paperclip New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013 9780316221047 (DLC) 2013028255 (OCoLC)827257574
ISBN	9780316251693 : $90.00
	0316251690 : $90.00

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