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Holocaust Industry : Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering by Norman G. Finkelstein (2003, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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In an iconoclastic and controversial 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. In a devastating new postscript to this best-selling book, Norman G. Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry's scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry. ' S cathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations.' New York Press 'The most controversial book of the year.' The Guardian 'His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due.' The Economist

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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
185984488x
ISBN-13
9781859844885
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038733703

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Book Title
Holocaust Industry : Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Edition
2
Author
Norman G. Finkelstein
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Topic
Holocaust, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2003
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
7.5 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
D804.45.G7
Edition Description
New Edition
Reviews
"[S]cathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations."- New York Press "The most controversial book of the year."- The Guardian "His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due."- The Economist "Finkelstein's downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop."- LA Weekly "Breathtaking in [its] angry accuracy and irony."- The Jewish Quarterly "A lucid, provocative and passionate book."- New Statesman
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-268249
Dewey Decimal
940.53/18
Dewey Edition
22

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Holocaust Industry : Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering by Norman G. Finkelstein (2003, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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