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• Commended for National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust) 2011

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&#160;&ldquo;An excellent work of historical and political analysis by an accomplished writer. Compellingly written, it grips the reader from its opening pages. With this book, Deborah Lipstadt consolidates her standing as one of the major figures in the Jewish world today.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;Anthony Julius, author of Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England

Having covered the Eichmann trial myself, I can warmly recommend Deborah Lipstadt's important analysis of its fascinating perspectives. <br>--Elie Wiesel <br> A penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <br> Just in time for its fiftieth anniversary, renowned historian Deborah Lipstadt has reworked the Eichmann trial. This book is a powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed our understanding of justice after atrocity. <br>--David Gergen, professor, Harvard Kennedy School <br> An excellent work of historical and political analysis by an accomplished writer. Compellingly written, it grips the reader from its opening pages. With this book, Deborah Lipstadt consolidates her standing as one of the major figures in the Jewish world today. <br>--Anthony Julius, author of Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in Eng

The Eichmann Trial makes an excellent primer on a landmark event. With impressive authority and commendable concision, Lipstadt frames and explores to its known ends the vast universe of moral quandaries thrown open by the Eichmann trial. In so doing, she makes a welcome contribution to our record of the twentieth century's most horrifying and depressing episode. <br>-- The Washington Post <br> The Eichmann Trial is both riveting and nuanced, and should be required reading for anyone who does not wish to wade through eight volumes of trial transcripts. <br> --The Jerusalem Post Magazine <br> Scrupulously researched . . . a comprehensive and serious but highly readable report of the trial [that is] nothing less than a page-turner. Beginning with Eichmann's cloak-and-dagger capture in Argentina, through the events leading up to the trial, to the details of the trial (surprisingly fascinating, even fifty years later), Lipstadt knows how to move a story along. [She is] exper

Having covered the Eichmann trial myself, I can warmly recommend Deborah Lipstadt's important analysis of its fascinating perspectives. @lt;br@gt;--Elie Wiesel@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; A penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Publishers Weekly@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Just in time for its fiftieth anniversary, renowned historian Deborah Lipstadt has reworked the Eichmann trial. This book is a powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed our understanding of justice after atrocity. @lt;br@gt;--David Gergen, professor, Harvard Kennedy School@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; An excellent work of historical and political analysis by an accomplished writer. Compellingly written, it grips the reader from its opening pages. With this book, Deborah Lipstadt consolidates her standing as one of the major figures in the Jewish world today. @lt;br@gt;--Anthony

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Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She is the author of History on Trial- My Day in Court with David Irving (a National Jewish Book Award winner); Denying the Holocaust- The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory; and Beyond Belief- The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945. She lives in Atlanta.

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