U.S. intelligence and the Nazis
By: Richard Breitman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Breitman, Richard, 1947-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9780521852685; 9780521617949
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Germany; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: United States inteligence and the Nazis
Description: This book is a direct result of the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. Drawing upon many documents declassified under this law, the authors demonstrate what US intelligence agencies learned about Nazi crimes during World War II and about the nature of Nazi intelligence agencies' role in the Holocaust. It examines how some U.S. corporations found ways to profit from Nazi Germany's expropriation of the property of German Jews. This book also reveals startling new details on the Cold War connections between the US government and Hitler's former officers. At a time when intelligence successes and failures are at the center of public discussion, U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis also provides an unprecedented inside look at how intelligence agencies function during war and peacetime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (p. [474]-478) and index.