9798199476959 - the ratlines: how the vatican, the red cross, and american intelligence engineered the postwar escape of nazi war criminals de donovan, miles (4 resultados)
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. THE ESCAPE BEGAN WHEN THE WAR ENDEDWhen the Third Reich collapsed, the world believed justice was coming. But in the shadows of ruined Europe, another operation had already begun.In the final days of World War II, Nazi officials, SS officers, concentration camp commanders, collaborators, and… war criminals knew the Allied armies were closing in. Berlin was falling. The camps were being liberated. Evidence was being uncovered. Trials were being prepared. For the men who had served Hitler's empire, the question was no longer whether Germany would survive.The question was whether they could escape.And many of them did.A HIDDEN PIPELINE OUT OF EUROPEThe Ratlines exposes one of the darkest and most disturbing escape networks of the twentieth century, a secret pipeline that carried wanted Nazi fugitives out of Europe and into new lives across South America, the Middle East, and beyond.Through monastery corridors, diplomatic offices, refugee camps, intelligence channels, and forged identity papers, men who should have faced justice instead found protection, passage, and reinvention.This is not merely the story of criminals running from the past.It is the story of the institutions, governments, priests, spies, bureaucrats, and political operators who helped make their escape possible.THE VATICAN, THE RED CROSS, AND AMERICAN INTELLIGENCEAt the center of this chilling history were three powerful forces: the Vatican, the Red Cross, and American intelligence.Some acted out of anti-communist fear. Some acted from ideological sympathy. Some believed they were saving Europe from Soviet domination. Others simply looked away. But the result was the same: a postwar underground railroad for some of the most wanted men on earth.From Rome to Genoa, from Austria to Argentina, from secret safe houses to forged travel documents, The Ratlines follows the shocking routes that allowed Nazi fugitives to vanish into the modern world.JUSTICE DELAYED. JUSTICE DENIED.This is the story of justice delayed, justice denied, and justice deliberately obstructed.Inside this gripping investigative account, readers will discover how men with blood on their hands slipped past the ruins of Nuremberg and built comfortable lives under new names.They will follow the trail of infamous fugitives who found refuge in Argentina, Syria, Egypt, Paraguay, and other destinations willing to accept them. They will see how postwar chaos created the perfect environment for disappearance, and how the growing fear of communism gave Nazi specialists, intelligence contacts, scientists, propagandists, and security men sudden value to Western powers.What happened after 1945 was not a clean moral reckoning.It was a compromise.A bargain.A shadow war fought before the Cold War had fully begun.And in that bargain, some of the worst criminals of the Nazi era were allowed to escape.THE DARK AFTERLIFE OF THE THIRD REICHThe Ratlines is written with the pace of a historical thriller and the weight of documented reality. It takes readers through bombed-out Europe, refugee camps filled with desperate survivors, clerical offices where new identities were quietly arranged, intelligence files marked by secrecy, and South American capitals where former Nazis stepped off ships and began again.The war ended in 1945.The escape began immediately after.And the consequences are still with us. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. THE ESCAPE BEGAN WHEN THE WAR ENDEDWhen the Third Reich collapsed, the world believed justice was coming. But in the shadows of ruined Europe, another operation had already begun.In the final days of World War II, Nazi officials, SS officers, concentration camp commanders, collaborators, and… war criminals knew the Allied armies were closing in. Berlin was falling. The camps were being liberated. Evidence was being uncovered. Trials were being prepared. For the men who had served Hitler's empire, the question was no longer whether Germany would survive.The question was whether they could escape.And many of them did.A HIDDEN PIPELINE OUT OF EUROPEThe Ratlines exposes one of the darkest and most disturbing escape networks of the twentieth century, a secret pipeline that carried wanted Nazi fugitives out of Europe and into new lives across South America, the Middle East, and beyond.Through monastery corridors, diplomatic offices, refugee camps, intelligence channels, and forged identity papers, men who should have faced justice instead found protection, passage, and reinvention.This is not merely the story of criminals running from the past.It is the story of the institutions, governments, priests, spies, bureaucrats, and political operators who helped make their escape possible.THE VATICAN, THE RED CROSS, AND AMERICAN INTELLIGENCEAt the center of this chilling history were three powerful forces: the Vatican, the Red Cross, and American intelligence.Some acted out of anti-communist fear. Some acted from ideological sympathy. Some believed they were saving Europe from Soviet domination. Others simply looked away. But the result was the same: a postwar underground railroad for some of the most wanted men on earth.From Rome to Genoa, from Austria to Argentina, from secret safe houses to forged travel documents, The Ratlines follows the shocking routes that allowed Nazi fugitives to vanish into the modern world.JUSTICE DELAYED. JUSTICE DENIED.This is the story of justice delayed, justice denied, and justice deliberately obstructed.Inside this gripping investigative account, readers will discover how men with blood on their hands slipped past the ruins of Nuremberg and built comfortable lives under new names.They will follow the trail of infamous fugitives who found refuge in Argentina, Syria, Egypt, Paraguay, and other destinations willing to accept them. They will see how postwar chaos created the perfect environment for disappearance, and how the growing fear of communism gave Nazi specialists, intelligence contacts, scientists, propagandists, and security men sudden value to Western powers.What happened after 1945 was not a clean moral reckoning.It was a compromise.A bargain.A shadow war fought before the Cold War had fully begun.And in that bargain, some of the worst criminals of the Nazi era were allowed to escape.THE DARK AFTERLIFE OF THE THIRD REICHThe Ratlines is written with the pace of a historical thriller and the weight of documented reality. It takes readers through bombed-out Europe, refugee camps filled with desperate survivors, clerical offices where new identities were quietly arranged, intelligence files marked by secrecy, and South American capitals where former Nazis stepped off ships and began again.The war ended in 1945.The escape began immediately after.And the consequences are still with us. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
