Annie Jacobsen was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
One of The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2014 One of
iBooks' Top Ten Nonfiction Books of the Year "Important, superbly
written.... Jacobsen's book allows us to explore these questions
with the ultimate tool: hard evidence. She confronts us with the
full extent of Paperclip's deal with the devil, and it's difficult
to look away."--Matt Damsker, USA Today (4 stars)
"[A] gripping, always disquieting story of a nation forced to trade
principle for power.... Jacobsen gives us many vivid moments....
OPERATION PAPERCLIPtakes its place in the annals of Cold War
literature, one more proof that moral purity and great power can
seldom coexist."--Chris Tucker, The Dallas Morning News
"A compelling work with interesting historical and personal
revelations."--Jay Watkins, CIA's Intelligence in Public
Literature
"An engrossing and deeply disturbing expose that poses ultimate
questions of means versus ends." -- Booklist (starred)
"Annie Jacobsen's Operation Paperclip is a superb
investigation, showing how the U.S. government recruited the Nazis'
best scientists to work for Uncle Sam on a stunning scale. Sobering
and brilliantly researched." -- Alex Kershaw, author of The
Liberator
"As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest expose from
Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date.... Jacobsen
persuasively shows that it in fact happened and aptly frames the
dilemma.... Rife with hypocrisy, lies, and deceit, Jacobsen's story
explores a conveniently overlooked bit of history." --
Publishers Weekly (starred)
"Chilling, compelling, and comprehensive accounting.... Jacobsen's
impressive book plumbs the dark depths of this postwar recruiting
and shows the historical truths behind the space race and postwar
US dominance. Highly recommended for readers in World War II
history, espionage, government cover-ups, or the Cold War." --
Library Journal (starred)
"Darkly picaresque.... Jacobsen persuasively argues that the
mindset of the former Nazi scientists who ended up working for the
American government may have exacerbated Cold War paranoia."--New
Yorker
"Doggedly researched." -- Parade
"Jacobsen uses newly released documents, court transcripts, and
family-held archives to give the fullest accounting yet of this
endeavor." -- The New York Post
"The most in depth account yet of the lives of Paperclip recruits
and their American counterparts.... Jacobsen deftly untangles the
myriad German and American agencies and personnel involved...more
gripping and skillfully rendered are the stories of American and
British officials who scoured defeated Germany for Nazi scientists
and their research."--New York Times Book Review
"Throughout, the author delivers harrowing passages of immorality,
duplicity and deception, as well as some decency and lots of high
drama. How Dr. Strangelove came to America and thrived, told in
graphic detail." -- Kirkus Reviews
"With Annie Jacobsen's OPERATION PAPERCLIP for the first time the
enormity of the effort has been laid bare. The result is a book
that is at once chilling and riveting, and one that raises
substantial and difficult questions about national honor and
security...This book is a remarkable achievement of investigative
reporting and historical writing."--Boston Globe
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