Taking Nazi technology Allied exploitation of German science after the second World War / Douglas M. O'Reagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Reagan, Douglas M. (1985-....)., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This is a work of original research in the field of the history of science and technology. Following WWII, the Allies attempted the largest forced technology transfer in history by extracting intellectual reparations from occupied Germany. In nearly every field of science and technology, the Western allies--the US, UK, France, and USSR--assembled teams of experts who scoured defeated Germany seeking industrial secrets and those who could explain them. The book argues that these efforts changed international ideas of what it takes to transfer technology and were themselves shaped by how policy makers saw science fitting into society.

Contents:

Introduction

American postwar scientific exploitation and the myth of German technological superiority

British scientific exploitation and the allure of German know-how

French planning for German science : student spies and exploitation in place

Soviet reparations and the seizure of German science and technology

Academic science and the reconstruction of Germany

Documentation, microfilm, and information technology : the exploitation of German science and the information overload of the twentieth century

Legacies of intellectual reparations programs : industrial know-how in the postwar world

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Autre forme de titre : Allied exploitation of German science after the Second World War.

ISBN:

1-4214-2888-1

OCLC:

1089804803