Blowback: The First Full Account of America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Disastrous Effect on The cold war, Our Domestic and Foreign Policy.

Christopher Simpson

ISBN 10: 002044995X / ISBN 13: 9780020449959

Published by Collier Books - Macmillan, 1989

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Synopsis:

Blowback is the fullest, most authoritative account ever written of the USA's collaboration with Nazis after WWII, & of the long-range effect this has had on the nation's domestic & foreign policy. Drawing on extensive 1sthand research & a wealth of documents previously classified or never before made public, Christopher Simpson has written a major & often startling work about the extensive connection between high-ranking US officials & ex-Nazis & collaborators, & about the effect this relationship has had on American society & the cold war.

From Publishers Weekly: The postwar recruitment of Nazis and collaborators by agencies of the U.S. government stemmed, the author illustrates, from intense East-West competition after the German surrender, prodded by the prospect of war between the superpowers. Simpson, a freelance journalist, reveals that many covert operations of the early Cold War era involved the use of operatives known to have committed crimes against humanity during the Second World War. The underlying theme here is the corruption of American ideals in connection with this hushed-up recruitment policy in the name of anticommunism. In elaborating the policy's "negative blowback," Simpson emphasizes the long-term corrosive effect on American intelligence agencies in particular.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Blowback: The First Full Account of ...
Publisher: Collier Books - Macmillan
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket