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Holocaust Industry : Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering by Norman G. Finkelstein (2024, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherVerso Books
ISBN-101804297216
ISBN-139781804297216
eBay Product ID (ePID)6064625277
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Book TitleHolocaust Industry : Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicHolocaust, Genocide & War Crimes, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, World
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorNorman G. Finkelstein
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
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Reviews"Finkelstein's downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop."-- LA Weekly "The most explosive book of the year."-- The Guardian "A lucid, provocative and passionate book."-- New Statesman "His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due."-- The Economist "[S]cathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations."-- New York Press "Finkelstein has raised some important and uncomfortable issues."-- The Jewish Quarterly
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.53/18
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Foreword to the Second Paperback Edition Foreword to the First Paperback Edition Introduction Chapter 1 Capitalizing The Holocaust Chapter 2 Hoaxers, Hucksters, and History Chapter 3 The Double Shakedown Conclusion Postscript to the First Paperback Edition Postscript to the Second Paperback Edition Appendix to the Second Paperback Edition Index
SynopsisA scathing argument against those who exploit the Holocaust for personal and political gain--by a major figure at the center of the Israel-Palestine debate. "The most controversial book of the year." -- Guardian This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with both vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain. This new edition includes updated material discussing the initial reception to the book's publication. In an iconoclastic and controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.
LC Classification NumberD804.45.G7F5 2024
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