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Author Lichtblau, Eric.

Title The Nazis next door : how America became a safe haven for Hitler's men / Eric Lichtblau.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  324.13 L617n 2014    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xvii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary "The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exposed by Nazi hunters. But the truth is much worse, and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI brought thousands of perpetrators to America as possible assets against their new Cold War enemies. When the Justice Department finally investigated and learned the truth, the results were classified and buried. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-257) and index.
Contents Prologue: A Name from the Past -- Liberation -- The Good Nazis -- "Minor War Crimes" -- Echoes from Argentina -- Tilting at Swastikas -- In the Pursuit of Science -- Out of the Shadows -- "An Ugly Blot" -- The Sins of the Father -- A Good Party Spoiled -- "An Innocent Man" -- Backlash -- Ivan the Terrible -- The Road to Ponary -- Appendix.
Subject United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nazis -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War criminals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (OCoLC)fst00536259
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (OCoLC)fst00528882
Anti-communist movements. (OCoLC)fst00810317
Espionage, American. (OCoLC)fst00915388
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Nazis. (OCoLC)fst01035219
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
HISTORY -- Holocaust.
TRUE CRIME -- Espionage.
Refugees -- Germany. -- History.
Refugees -- United States. -- History.
National socialism -- United States. -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- History.
War criminals -- History.
Cold war.
American espionage -- History.
HISTORY -- Military -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Foreign relations.
Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
Genre/Form True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
True crime stories.
ISBN 9780547669199 (hardback)
0547669194 (hardback)
Standard No. 40024181791
40024186550

 
    
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