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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America   Annie Jacobsen
Jacobsen begins with the POV that the use of former Nazi scientists was wrong in every case, and there is no discussion of the pros and cons. She writes an exposé rather than a history, in the style of a true-crime book, though her research and documentation are pretty good. Wish she had taken a more scholarly approach. Found the accounts of the search, capture, and interrogation of the scientists very interesting. The narrative rambles and is a little unfocused, again because of the exposé approach. Veers off topic in the last few chapters, and her  prose gets overwrought. Good appendix listing “Principal Characters.” Not bad, don’t regret reading it.