British Exploitation of German Science and Technology, 1943-1949
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-66219-6 (ISBN)
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.
Charlie Hall is Associate Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Second World War History |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-66219-1 / 0367662191 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-66219-6 / 9780367662196 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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