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Educating the Enemy presents a meticulously researched argument that offers an original multiracial and multiethnic perspective on the US Southwest told through the schooling experiences of the 150 Paperclip children in El Paso, TX.” -- Yoon Pak, University of Illinois
“Educating the Enemy isn’t only a fascinating case study of Operation Paperclip, it’s also a damning condemnation of a racial and educational system in the United States that found more in common between white Americans and former Nazis, than between white Americans and their Mexican American neighbors. It’s a timely contribution to thinking about how we continue to treat Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and Latinos in general as dangerous outsiders.” -- Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University
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Educating the Enemy is an extraordinary story about the children of Nazi scientists who after the war relocated to the Mexican American city of El Paso. Cold war meets the border. Simply put: This is a remarkable book, meticulously researched, studded with insights about the border and how its bilingual, bicultural world shaped these children. Perrillo constructs a vivid, compelling narrative that shines a rare light on a community long misunderstood. Bravo!" -- Alfredo Corchado, Mexico border correspondent, Dallas Morning News
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. The Fight for Civilization
2. Something New in the Territory: Race, Space, and Schooling in the Borderlands
3. At Home on the Range: Civics and Civilization
4. The Promise and Peril of Bilingualism: Language Learning in El Paso Schools
5. Devoted to the Child: Education and the Politics of Children’s Care
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
