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Dec 03, 2014 01:05PM
An exhaustive primer on this subject. Made me slightly queasy at the morally questionable way the Cold War and the Space Race were won.
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Speaking of this book, does anyone know what is up with the OP in this thread? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I'm not trying to start/create trouble for her, or "out" her if she prefers her privacy, but I am curious about where her perspective comes from and she never responded to my question in the thread.
Any idea which scientist (among so many) that she is referring to?
Robert wrote: "Speaking of this book, does anyone know what is up with the OP in this thread? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I'm not trying to start/create trou..."
No idea, but sometimes it's hard obviously for relatives to accept certain dark truths in family history.
All I know is Annie Jacobsen (author of Operation Paperclip) is a very conservative author and good fact-checker and researcher. She gets covered by the mainstream media a lot and so her books are not that controversial. Annie doesn't tend to cover the more far-out theories surrounding subjects.
When you think of it, the 3rd Reich scientists forged the modern space programs of today. From putting a man on the moon, a satellite into space to building a multistage rocket, it all came from the Germans. Plus, their advances in submarine technology, medicine, jet propulsion and stealth technology were beyond their times. I'm not at all justifying the Nazi regime. I'm just saying, thank God they lost the war.
Stephen wrote: "When you think of it, the 3rd Reich scientists forged the modern space programs of today. From putting a man on the moon, a satellite into space to building a multistage rocket, it all came from th..."In terms of economics, perhaps Germany (and Japan) didn't actually lose...
Economically, Germany seems to be accomplishing what an entire War failed to do.
Stephen wrote: "Economically, Germany seems to be accomplishing what an entire War failed to do."Very true. Yet the war machine keeps rolling along a la Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. etc. Roll up, roll up! Who's next?
This book Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen is currently a group read.
Thanks, Lance, another good group read pick. I've heard of this book and have been pondering for awhile on whether or not to read it.
finecat wrote: "Thanks, Lance, another good group read pick. I've heard of this book and have been pondering for awhile on whether or not to read it."Yep this whole Project Paperclip business intrigues me. How many present-day US citizens are descended from the Paperclip Nazis? How many members of this group have a (DNA or other) link to them? More than a few I'd suspect. Not that I have a problem with that...after all we can't choose our relatives. It all adds to the colourful fabric of our lives.
