Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Book • 2015
In this book, Annie Jacobsen delves into the history of Operation Paperclip, a covert U.S.
government program that brought former Nazi scientists to America after World War II. The book draws on exclusive interviews, German archival documents, and files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to follow the lives of more than a dozen German scientists.
It examines the complex and often nefarious nature of this program, which involved recruiting scientists accused of war crimes and who were instrumental in major advances in rocketry, medical treatments, and the U.S.
space program.
Jacobsen's work poses significant questions about national security, moral outrage, and the Cold War era, providing a comprehensive and gripping narrative of this pivotal moment in history.
government program that brought former Nazi scientists to America after World War II. The book draws on exclusive interviews, German archival documents, and files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to follow the lives of more than a dozen German scientists.
It examines the complex and often nefarious nature of this program, which involved recruiting scientists accused of war crimes and who were instrumental in major advances in rocketry, medical treatments, and the U.S.
space program.
Jacobsen's work poses significant questions about national security, moral outrage, and the Cold War era, providing a comprehensive and gripping narrative of this pivotal moment in history.
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