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Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War; The First Full Account of America's Recruitment of Nazis, and Its Disastrous Effect on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy
by Simpson, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine copy in near fine, unclipped dust jacket./near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555841066
- ISBN 13
- 9781555841065
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Near fine copy in near fine, unclipped dust jacket./near fine. Octavo in black cloth and brown paper in off white dust jacket; [16] pages of plats; illus., maps, portratis; 398 pp., 24 cm.; DJ is lightly edgeworn (no tears); cloth very lightly rubbed at the spine ends and boards are very lightly worn and bumped along the edges; o/w boards are clean; jacket is clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy; In English; Out of Print; Abstract: "Blowback is the fullest and most authoritative account ever written of America's collaboration with Nazi after World War II, and of the long-range effect this has had on the nation's domestic and foreign policy. Drawing on extensive firsthand research and a wealth of documents previously classified or never before made public, Christopher Simpson has written a major and often startling work about the extensive connection between high-ranking American officials and ex-Nazis and collaborators, and about the effect this relationship has had on American society and the cold war."--Book Jacket.
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- 86209
- Title
- Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War; The First Full Account of America's Recruitment of Nazis, and Its Disastrous Effect on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy
- Author
- Simpson, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copy in near fine, unclipped dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 1555841066
- ISBN 13
- 9781555841065
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- War criminals, Recruiting, Germany, History, 20th century, Secret service, Europe, World politics, Spies
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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- History Western History United States History
- History Western History European History Western European History German History Nazi Germany
- History Western History European History Western European History
- History History by Period Modern History 20th Century
- History History by Period Modern History 20th Century Apartheid Cold War
- Military & Military History Spies
- Military & Military History Wars World War II
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