Norman Finkelstein Books

"Gaza is among the most densely populated places in the world. Two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half the population is under eighteen years of age. Since Israel occupied Gaza in 1967, it has systematically de-developed the economy. After Hamas won democratic elections in 2006, Israel intensified its blockade of Gaza, and after Hamas consolidated its control of the territory in 2007, Israel tightened its illegal siege another notch. In the meantime, Israel has launched no less than eight military operations against Gaza--culminating in Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Protective Edge in 2014--that left behind over three million tons of rubble. Recent UN reports predict that Gaza will be unlivable by 2020. Norman G. Finkelstein presents a meticulously researched and devastating inquest into Israel's actions of the last decade. He argues that although Israel justified its blockade and violent assaults in the name of self-defense, in fact these actions were cynical exercises of brutal power against an essentially defenseless civilian population. Based on hundreds of human rights reports, the book scrutinizes multifarious violations of international law Israel committed both during its operations and in the course of its decade-long siege of Gaza. It is a monument to Gaza's martyrs and a scorching accusation against their tormenters"--

First published in 1995, this polemical study challenges accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition re-examines popular images in the light of the current failures of the peace process. číst celé

A sequel to the best-selling The Holocaust Industry, this work looks into the human rights record of Israel and attacks Alan Dershowitz for poor scholarship. It aims to lift the veil of contrived controversy shrouding the Israel-Palestine conflict, enabling readers in search of a just and lasting peace to act on the basis of truth.

"Recalling Holocaust hoaxers 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 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."--Jacket

“This chapter in World War II history is a well-kept secret. Make this title a first choice. ”  — School Library Journal  STARRED review  The story of Holocaust refugees who found shelter in the United States — with unique parallels to today's stories of asylum seekers.   In 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death.   They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter on August 5 they began re-creating their lives and embarked on the road to becoming American citizens.   In the history of World War II and the Holocaust, this “token” save by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board was too little and too late for millions. But for those few who reached Oswego it was life changing.   The Shelter and the Fence  tells their stories. 

A biography of one of the Old West's most famous stagecoach robbers. To many people, Black Bart was a folk hero. In robbing at least 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches across northern California between 1875 and 1883, he never fired a shot or injured anyone. His gun, it turned out, was never loaded. Photos.

Saying No to Hate grounds readers in the history of antisemitism in America, emphasizing the strategies Jews have used to address threats and thereby preparing us to recognize, understand, and confront hatred today.

"Die aufschlussreichste Untersuchung über die Hintergründe des ‚Nahost-Konflikts'.„ Noam Chomsky, der Autor des kontrovers diskutierten Buches “Die Holocaust-Industrie„ meldet sich mit provokanten Thesen zum “Nahost-Konflikt" zu Wort. Er bezieht für die Rechte der Palästinenser Stellung und prangert zentrale Aussagen des Zionismus an. Ein Buch voller politischer Brisanz.

Książka (ang. The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering) napisana została przez amerykańskiego historyka żydowskiego pochodzenia Normana Finkelsteina. Autor opisuje osoby i organizacje, które wykorzystują tragedię holokaustu do celów politycznych oraz własnych korzyści majątkowych. Poddaje także krytyce nadawanie temu wydarzeniu szczególnej roli w historii ludzkości, posługując się argumentem, że chociaż było ono bardzo tragiczne, nie było to ani największe ludobójstwo, ani też jedyna próba planowego wyniszczenia całego narodu w dziejach świata.