'Blowback': US Recruitment of Nazis w/ Christopher Simpson (KPFK, 1988)
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PRA Archive #: KZ1648 http://pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/kz1648 Author Christopher Simpson discusses his book entitled "Blow Back: America's Recruitment of Nazis and its Effect on the Cold War." Simpson's interest in the topic started during the deportation trial of Otto Van Bolschwing, who argued against deportation because the CIA had brought him in. Simpson has attained information through the Freedom of Information Act. The United States sought all operatives to combat Soviet "expansionism" at the end of World War II. The foreign service began recruitment during POW debriefings, and helped many criminals avoid war crimes trials. The foreign service, Simpson concludes, created the Cold War to insure the Pentagon budget following the end of World War II. For more related content, please visit: https://archive.org/details/@altviewstv-fanclub
  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Anybody read this? Is it any good or typical lib takes both sidesing things? It was recommended to me by a fervent Economist reader so I wonder what's wrong with it.

    • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      There is indeed one chapter where he discussed usage of former Axis personnel in the Eastern Bloc (I’d be unsurprised if that was a concession to the publisher), but otherwise it is worth reading.