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Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945 to 1990 Hardcover – January 1, 1991

by Linda Hunt (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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Charges that the U.S. government put Nazi scientists to work in America after World War II
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  1. Print length
    340 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    St Martin's Press - Thomas Dunne Books
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1991
  5. ISBN-10
    0312055102
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0312055103
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Here, Hunt, a former CNN investigative reporter, tells a shocking tale: how a branch of the US government deliberately thwarted attempts to bring to justice Nazi scientists who were guilty of war crimes, and who, in at least one case, actually participated in fresh atrocities in the US. While it is common knowledge that the US used Nazi scientists during the cold war, Hunt reveals for the first time that the project to recruit and utilize Nazi scientific talent- -code-named ``Paperclip''--continued until 1973. In addition, while former Nazi scientists (like Werner von Braun) contributed greatly to the development of rockets, jet planes, and other prodigies of technology, Hunt convincingly demonstrates that several such scientists also participated in ``Dachau-like experiments on over seven thousand U.S. soldiers'' on the effects of LSD and other chemicals at Edgewood, Maryland, between 1947 and 1966. Moreover, Hunt explains that the US avidly recruited many Nazi scientists, despite their war crimes--including utilization of slave labor and execution of prisoners--and despite the continuing devotion of many to Nazi ideology. Hunt also relates the sordid details of the intelligence community's attempts to prevent bringing these scientists to justice. And, in at least one case, she shows that the program was inimical to US interests--the man who conceived and ran Paperclip was ultimately convicted of selling American defense secrets to the Soviet Union. An engrossing examination of how a small clique of defense and intelligence officials deliberately subverted stated US policy. (Eight pages of b&w photographs.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St Martin's Press - Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition (January 1, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312055102
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312055103
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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T. Savides
5.0 out of 5 stars THIS is the Primary Source on Project Paperclip
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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It's telling that this book was out of print and is still hard to find many years after its publication in 1991... I strongly suspect that attempts by powerful people were made to make it go away.

Linda Hunt's book is a courageous, thorough, expose of one of the most shameful chapters in postwar United States history. Very powerful people and agencies in and associated with the United States government are called out here (which leads to my suspicion that efforts were made to make this book go away).

Since 1991 many more books on Project Paperclip have been published (Annie Jacobson's history of the program is the best known), but to me they are redundant: Linda Hunt broke the story of Project Paperclip, and her book remains the definitive history of it. It's a travesty that this book isn't better known.
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Luther R. Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars The 'Secret Agenda' Renders A Hidden Program!
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
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The new item arrived in a well packed box, and arrived in fairly quick delivery time. Actually, I was surprised that the item was band new, however I'll bet this is the way the seller described it. it is so delightful that all of this information is readily available, as long as you are willing to seek it out.
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Peter A. Kirby
5.0 out of 5 stars Can you handle the truth?
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2018
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Linda Hunt has written the definitive story of Operation Paperclip. I originally thought that the honor went to Annie Jacobsen and her fine 2014 book on the subject. But I have now learned that Jacobsen’s book is a whitewash compared to “Secret Agenda.”

“Secret Agenda” is the original and best. Like no other book I know of, it lays out the facts of the story in a very efficient and impactful manner. Hunt packs WAY MORE information into about half of the length. Hunt comes up with ALL of the dirt on how rogue elements of the U.S. government subverted the law to betray its own citizens. This was something that should have been the subject of a National discussion.

What Hunt recounts in her book is an insult to American scientists and the American way of life. Proponents of Operation Paperclip argue that we needed to take in the Nazi scientists because Russia would have gotten them if we didn’t. Meanwhile the head of the program was later found out to be a Russian spy. We didn’t need them. We had already captured all their technology. Our scientists could have made all that public. It would have caused a tremendous surge in American science that would have resulted in all industrial needs being satisfied. Rather, the people behind Operation Paperclip (the New World Order) didn’t believe in America. They usurped power using the excuse that the American people were not capable of doing what the Nazi scientists had done and were too stupid and ignorant to be informed about what was going on.

Well I say death to the New World Order and that only the Americans exist! I bet that Linda Hunt would agree.
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L.L. Anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars I bought this for a gift so I can't review it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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I bought this book as a gift for a cousin who is an avid conspiracy researcher. Because he's the one who read it, I cannot review it myself. If I talk to him about it, I'll send in his comments.
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Kboy24
5.0 out of 5 stars Either we get them or the Russians do. Read Anne Jakobsson. "Operation Paperclip"
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
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Same as Above, Great history that most people won't believe
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Freddie Crocker
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative. No sugar-coating. Raw history.
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
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I absolutely love this author. She’s braver than all of these weak minded journalists we see today.
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Jerome Bortman
5.0 out of 5 stars Found her information extremely important and well researched 5 star
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014
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I already submitted my review today, If not received I can redo. Have used her references to research a German scientist who was a Department Head at a Navy lab who had Nazi-related documents proudly displayed in his office until I saw them and complained. Many of his scientific cohorts are cited in this groundbreaking book, and many have been prosecuted for their Nazi activities.
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Cylon
5.0 out of 5 stars Truth about project paperclip
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016
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This is a great book it's a Damned shame it's not in reprint I would assume maybe because the book holds to much truth!!! I first heard about this book from an old Peter Levenda (he's author of Unholy Alliance ) lecture on YouTube and it has taken me nearly six years to obtain a copy.
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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Best piece of investigative journalism ever.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2013
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I came across this book quite by accident. I was researching something else at the time. I do not normally pay much money for books, and I rarely buy anything to do with World War Two, but I felt this was a must and worth every penny or dollar. I managed to buy a second hand copy that had been discarded from a library. This book is incredibly detailed with copious notes and references enabling the reader to search for additional information. It is a shocking catalogue of iniquity. I spoke with an American friend of mine recently who said that she would much rather America had benefitted from the Nazi scientific technology than the Soviets. I take the point, but surely the likes of Von Braun and others should have been made to atone in some way for their wickedness and not have their identities sanitized and then be feted and adored for all their help in the Apollo missions. This book also raises concerns about some government departments not just in America but in Britain as well and questions still need answering. In some ways the work that has gone into this book is more important and significant historically than the exposing of Watergate. Sadly Linda Hunt will not receive the same acclaim as those who exposed Watergate, but is a must read for anyone in MI5 or the CIA or the scientific community worldwide.
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mark c
3.0 out of 5 stars Average
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2018
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A bit disappointed to be honest for the price, poor photos and not many.
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