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Operation Paperclip was a covert U.S. initiative that brought former Nazi scientists, many with war‑crime charges, to America after World War II. The project aimed to harness their expertise in rocketry, medicine and technology, ultimately contributing to U.S. space and military programs. Annie Jacobsen documents the program through interviews, German archival material, and Freedom of Information Act records, revealing the complex moral and political implications of importing these scientists into the United States. The book traces the postwar lives of more than a dozen German scientists and examines how their knowledge was incorporated into U.S. national security efforts, while also exposing the secretive and ethically fraught nature of the operation.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Annie Jacobsen
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