The Paperclip Conspiracy: The Hunt for the Nazi Scientists

by Tom Bower

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316103993
• ISBN13: 9780316103992
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Spoils of War Not Found in High School History 101

This book was hard to find, but well worth it. So many stories about WW II have been told over and over, it's a welcome surprise to find one that hasn't.Bower gives a thorough and occasionally wry recount about the Allies' post-war 'Every man for himself' competition for Nazi scientists. He also spends an appropriate time discussing how the U.S. overcame the moral dilemna over this competition (the press must not find out) and contrasts these efforts with the Nuremburg Trials. Remember the quote from The Right Stuff, "Our Nazis are better than their Nazis"? Bower goes beyond the hunt for rocket scientists and provides a pervasive overview of the breadth of Nazi technological advancement across a variety of industries. I thought he could have done even more here. The discoveries were also describes the lengths each of the powers went to get top scientists. The British, French, U.S. and U.S.S.R. pulled out all the stops. Indirectly, Bower also makes a pretty strong pitch against disarmament.