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This seller has earned a 4.14 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.

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Readers widely praise Annie Jacobsen’s account as deeply researched, document-rich, and illuminating on the U.S. program to bring Nazi scientists to America, highlighting the ethical and political compromises of the early Cold War. Many found it eye-opening, sobering, and provocative, valuing its vivid profiles and moral scrutiny. Criticisms focus on uneven organization, repetitiveness, and a scattershot narrative that can feel tedious or disjointed; the audiobook narration also drew complaints for mispronunciations. Despite structural flaws, the book is regarded as an important, informative, and unsettling contribution that spurs debate about whether ends justified means.

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The "remarkable" story of America's secret post-WWII science programs (The Boston Globe), from the New York Times bestselling author of Area 51.

In 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.

"Harrowing...How Dr. Strangelove came to America and thrived, told in graphic detail." --Kirkus Reviews

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Title Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Author Annie Jacobsen
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 624
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Little, Brown Paperbacks, NY
Publication date 2015-01-20
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9780316221030 / 0316221031
Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.7 in (20.83 x 14.22 x 4.32 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Brain drain - Germany - History - 20th, Intelligence service - United States -
Dewey Decimal Code 940.548

About the author

Annie Jacobsen is the author of the national bestsellers Area 51, Operation Paperclip, and Surprise, Kill, Vanish, the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain, and Phenomena. She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine. She is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.