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Operation Paperclip the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America

2014

Format:	Audio Book on CD, Audio Books, Nonmusical Sound Recording, Sound Recording
Author:	Jacobsen, Annie.
Title:	Operation Paperclip [sound recording] : the secret intelligence program to bring Nazi scientists to America / Annie Jacobsen.
Publisher, Date:	[New York] : Hachette Audio, cp2014.
Description:	16 sound discs (19.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	In the chaos following WWII, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The U.S. government secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis' knowledge outweighed their crimes and began a covert operation code-named Paperclip to allow them to work in the U.S. without the public's full knowledge.
Subjects:	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. Audiobooks.
Notes:	Unabridged. Compact discs. Read by the author.
ISBN:	9781619691537 1619691531
Publisher Number:	2-11153
Other Number:	827257601
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	427179
# Local items in:	2
# System items in:	2
Call Number:	CD 940.548 Jacobsen
Medium:	[sound recording]

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