{"product_id":"the-holocaust-industry-isbn-9781804297216","title":"The Holocaust Industry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The most controversial book of the year.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaders 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalling 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Holocaust Industry\u003c\/i\u003e is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the Second Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the First Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 \u003cb\u003eCapitalizing The Holocaust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 \u003cb\u003eHoaxers, Hucksters, and History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 \u003cb\u003eThe Double Shakedown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePostscript to the First Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003ePostscript to the Second Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003eAppendix to the Second Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"The most controversial book of the year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If his indictment is a true one, it should prompt prosecutions, sackings, protest. The book shouts scandal. It is a polemic, communicated at maximum volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He deserves to be heard ... he is making some profound points that many younger and more thoughtful Jews have quietly been attempting to debate, but whose voices have been stilled by the establishment, particularly in the US.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is, in short, a lucid, provocative and passionate book. Anyone with an open mind and an interest in the subject should ignore the critical brickbats and read what Finkelstein has to say.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finkelstein’s downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop – mostly  because few authors have had the courage or nerve to say, as he does,  that the Nazi genocide has been distorted and robbed of its true moral  lessons and instead has been put to use as ‘an indispensable ideological  weapon’. It’s a provocative thesis that makes you want to reject it  even as you are compelled to keep reading by the strength of his case  and the bravura of his assertions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is scathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals  who have cropped up around the issue of reparations in the last several  years.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finkelstein's place in the whole history of writing history is assured, and those who in the end are proven right triumph, and he will be among those who will have triumphed, albeit, it so seems, at great cost.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Raul Hilberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman G. Finkelstein\u003c\/b\u003e taught political theory and the Israel–Palestine conflict for many years. He is the author of eight books, which have been translated into more than forty foreign editions, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Gandhi Says, This Time We Went Too Far, Beyond Chutzpah, Image and Reality of the Israel–Palestine Conflict,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Nation on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301216375013,"sku":"NP9781804297216","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804297216.jpg?v=1767739813","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-holocaust-industry-isbn-9781804297216","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}