{"product_id":"a-nation-on-trial-the-goldhagen-thesis-and-historical-truth","title":"A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth","description":"No recent work of history has generated as much interest as Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners. Purporting to solve the mystery of the Nazi holocaust, Goldhagen maintains that ordinary Germans were driven by fanatical anti-Semitism to murder the Jews. An immediate national best-seller, the book went on to create an international sensation.\n\nNow, in A Nation on Trial, two leading critics challenge Goldhagen's findings and show that his work is not scholarship at all. With compelling cumulative effect, Norman G. Finkelstein meticulously documents Goldhagen's distortions of secondary literature and the internal contradictions of his argument. In a complementary essay, Ruth Bettina Birn juxtaposes Goldhagen's text against the German archives he consulted. The foremost international authority on these archives, Birn conclusively demonstrates that Goldhagen systematically misrepresented their contents.\n\nThe definitive statement on the Goldhagen phenomenon, this volume is also a cautionary tale on the corruption of scholarship by ideological zealotry.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0805058729\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0805058729.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Finkelstein, Norman G.|Birn, Ruth Bettina\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516534136890,"sku":"DBV.0805058729.A","price":11.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0805058729-0.jpg?v=1783741063","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-nation-on-trial-the-goldhagen-thesis-and-historical-truth","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}