British Exploitation of German Science and Technology, 1943-1949

ISBN-13: 9780367662196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 276 str.

Charlie Hall

Opis

 This ground-breaking book tells the full story of British exploitation for the first time and sheds new light on the legacies of the Second World War.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One: The Scientific War

1. Science and Strategy











2. Spying on Science











3. Forerunners to Exploitation

Chapter Two: The Origins of Exploitation

1. The Exploitation Idea











2. Wartime Deployment











3. Into the Reich

Chapter Three: Exploitation in Earnest

1. Committees and Agencies











2. Investigators and Exploiters











3. Competition and Co-operation

Chapter Four: The Spoils of War

1. Material Spoils











2. Chemical and Biological Warfare











3. Rocketry and Aeronautics

Chapter Five: Exploiting Expertise

1. Dustbin and Epsilon











2. Detention and Interrogation in Germany











3. Detention and Interrogation in Britain

Chapter Six: The Brain Drain

1. Defence Recruitment











2. Civil Recruitment











3. The Émigrés

Chapter Seven: Allies and Rivals

1. The United States











2. Europe











3. The Global Diaspora

Chapter Eight: A New Adversary

1. Working with the Soviets











2. ‘A Completely Open Race’











3. Denial Policy

Chapter Nine: Exploitation and the Occupation

1. The British Zone











2. Control of Science











3. Denazification and Demilitarisation

Chapter Ten: Exploitation in Context

1. Reparations











2. Legality and Morality











3. The Public Domain

Conclusion

1. Epilogue I: The End of Exploitation











2. Epilogue II: Impacts and Legacies











3. Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Charlie Hall is Associate Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.