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Brian Crim, "Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2017)
Brian Crim, "Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2017)
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60 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
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In his new book, Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017), Brian Crim, Associate Professor of History at the University of Lynchburg, looks at the controversial program to bring German scientist to the United States after World War II. The book draws on recently declassified documents from the Department of Defense, State Department, the FBI and other intelligence agencies to show how these German scientists were incorporated into military and civilian agencies to work on various projects, most importantly rocket technology. Ultimately the book engages with the legacy of Project Paperclip and its place in national memory and how this Cold War program reflects the ambivalence of the American people about the national security state and the military industrial complex.
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Released:
Dec 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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