| Edition |
2nd pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 286 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Note |
"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."--Product description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Capitalizing The Holocaust -- Hoaxers, Hucksters, and History -- The Double Shakedown. |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Foreign public opinion, American.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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| ISBN |
185984488X |
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9781859844885 |
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