Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 459 g
Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 459 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Second World War History
ISBN: 978-0-367-66219-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
At the end of the Second World War, Germany lay at the mercy of its occupiers, all of whom launched programmes of scientific and technological exploitation. Each occupying nation sought to bolster their own armouries and industries with the spoils of war, and Britain was no exception. Shrouded in secrecy yet directed at the top levels of government and driven by ingenuity from across the civil service and armed forces, Britain made exploitation a key priority. By examining factories and laboratories, confiscating prototypes and blueprints, and interrogating and even recruiting German experts, Britain sought to utilise the innovations of the last war to prepare for the next.
This ground-breaking book tells the full story of British exploitation for the first time, sheds new light on the legacies of the Second World War, and contributes to histories of intelligence, science, warfare and power in the midst of the twentieth century.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: The Scientific War
- Science and Strategy
- Spying on Science
- Forerunners to Exploitation
Chapter Two: The Origins of Exploitation
- The Exploitation Idea
- Wartime Deployment
- Into the Reich
Chapter Three: Exploitation in Earnest
- Committees and Agencies
- Investigators and Exploiters
- Competition and Co-operation
Chapter Four: The Spoils of War
- Material Spoils
- Chemical and Biological Warfare
- Rocketry and Aeronautics
Chapter Five: Exploiting Expertise
- Dustbin and Epsilon
- Detention and Interrogation in Germany
- Detention and Interrogation in Britain
Chapter Six: The Brain Drain
- Defence Recruitment
- Civil Recruitment
- The Émigrés
Chapter Seven: Allies and Rivals
- The United States
- Europe
- The Global Diaspora
Chapter Eight: A New Adversary
- Working with the Soviets
- ‘A Completely Open Race’
- Denial Policy
Chapter Nine: Exploitation and the Occupation
- The British Zone
- Control of Science
- Denazification and Demilitarisation
Chapter Ten: Exploitation in Context
- Reparations
- Legality and Morality
- The Public Domain
Conclusion
- Epilogue I: The End of Exploitation
- Epilogue II: Impacts and Legacies
- Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
