Taking Nazi technology : allied exploitation of German science after the Second World War
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 American Exploitation Programs: High Hopes, Narrow Gains, and Long-Term Lessons -- 2 British Scientifi cExploitation and the Allure of German Know-How -- 3 French Planning for Germa...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2019]
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| Schlagworte: | Technology transfer World War, 1939-1945 Military research Military research-Germany-History-20th century.. World War, 1939-1945-Reparations.. World War, 1939-1945-Science.. Military research-Germany-History-20th century World War, 1939-1945-Reparations World War, 1939-1945-Science Military research-Germany-History-20th century. mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 281 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 American Exploitation Programs: High Hopes, Narrow Gains, and Long-Term Lessons -- 2 British Scientifi cExploitation and the Allure of German Know-How -- 3 French Planning for German Science: Student Spies and Exploitation in Place -- 4 Soviet Reparations and the Seizure of German Science and Technology -- 5 Academic Science and the Reconstruction of Germany -- 6 Documentation and Information Technology: Dealing with Information Overload -- 7 Legacies of Intellectual Reparations Programs: Industrial Know-How in the Postwar World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 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.-- 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 281 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781421428888 1421428881 9781421428871 1421428873 |