IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375431241 (0375431241)
Publish date: February 20th 2001
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Pages no: 519
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
Business,
Economics,
War,
Politics,
American History,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Germany
Whilst at time dry due to the author quoting (important) numbers and statistics, this book is an unparalleled look at the entire second world war from a previously unexplored point of view - that of Thomas J. Watson and his company, IBM. Watson wore many hats over the course of the war - Industriali...
I read this when I was 15/16 and it gave me nightmares. It was one of the first books on the Holocaust that I had read at the time and I picked it up because of the title. IBM is a recognizable brand and the Holocaust a well-known historic event...so what on earth would they have to do with each oth...
"In using statistics [the punch cards:] the government now has the road map from information to deed."Overwritten and fanatically read this is nevertheless chilling stuff. ---IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful CorporationISBN: 0609607995htt...
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