Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Simpson, Christopher

Blowback : America's recruitment of Nazis and its effects on the Cold War / Christopher Simpson - 1st ed. - New York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c1988. - xv, 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 357-367.

A Discreet Silence --
Slaughter on the Eastern Front --
"Chosen, Rare Minds" --
The Man at Box 1142 --
The Eyes and Ears --
CROWCASS --
"I...Prefer to Remain Ignorant" --
Bloodstone --
"See That He Is Sent to the U.S...." --
Bare Fists and Brass Knuckles --
Guerrillas for World War III --
"Any Bastard as Long as He's Anti-Communist" --
Ratlines --
Pipelines to the United States --
The Politics of "Liberation" --
Brunner and von Bolschwing --
The End of "Liberation".

"Blowback is the fullest and most authoritative account ever written of America's collaboration with Nazi after World War II, and of the long-range effect this has had on the nation's domestic and foreign policy. Drawing on extensive firsthand research and a wealth of documents previously classified or never before made public, Christopher Simpson has written a major and often startling work about the extensive connection between high-ranking American officials and ex-Nazis and collaborators, and about the effect this relationship has had on American society and the cold war."--Book Jacket.

1555841066

9781555841065

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War criminals--Recruiting--History--Germany--20th century.
World War--Collaborationists--Recruiting--1939-1945
Secret service--History--United States--20th century.
Spies--Recruiting--History--Europe --20th century.
Brain drain--History--Germany--20th century
World politics--1945-
Nazis.


United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

D804.G4 / S54 1988

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