"Mr. Finkelstein['s] … research is certainly thorough. His characterizations, too, can be brilliant, and he spares nobody …"—The Economist
过去这五年，以色列总共攻击了加沙地带的180万名巴勒斯坦人三次。这三次攻击，Operation Cast Lead（2008-2009年）、Operation Pillar of Defense（2012年）以及Operation Protective Edge（2014年）总共造成了3700名巴勒斯坦人以及90名以色列人的死亡。表面上这一连串的不成比例的攻击似乎是狂乱、激怒以及病态的。资深的以色列政治人物也没有特别反对这个看法，甚至鼓励这种态度。在2008-2009年的攻击之后，当时以色列的外交部长Tzipi Livni自夸说，“以色列在这次的任务中表现出真正的流氓行为，这正是我要求的。”（ “Israel demonstrated real hooliganism during the course of the recent operation, which I demanded.”）。
但是，作者Norman Finkelstein在这本书中深深探讨了以色列的真是动机，看到了了一个反复依赖野蛮战争的国家背后的理智原因。以色列会多次的攻击巴勒斯坦人民或许是故意希望破坏任何和平妥协的机会，就算以色列在和平之中也可以得到许多利益。
作者同时也研究了2009年联合国赞助的 Goldstone报告以及土耳其如何向联合国要求2010年许多土耳其人在加沙攻击事件被杀的补偿。作者记录了以色列如何反复的逃避责任，不愿承认现在已经被大多世界证实为战争犯罪行为。他解释双方在这些争执之间都没有获胜的机会，而答案或许是一个大型、非暴力的抗议。这有可能比军队抵抗还要有效果，但是也需要更多勇气。
关于作者：
Norman G. Finkelstein在1988年从美国普林斯顿大学的政治部门获得他的博士学位。他担任了多年的政治理论以及关于以色列－巴勒斯坦争执的教授。他写过许多本书，包括：Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land (OR Books, 2014);Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End (OR Books, 2012); What Gandhi Says: About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (OR Books, 2012); “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion (OR Books, 2010, expanded paperback edition, 2011); Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone Renews Israel’s License to Kill (OR Books, 2011), Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of California Press, 2005, expanded paperback edition, 2008); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (Verso, 2000, expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995, expanded paperback edition, 2003); with Ruth Bettina Birn, A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth (Henry Holt, 1998); and The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years (University of Minnesota Press, 1996).
更多好评以及媒体链接：
"As a work of scholarship and commentary, Method and Madness is simply outstanding." —Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow, Institute for Palestine Studies
"One of the most perceptive critics of Israel’s increasingly barbarous occupation of Gaza and the West Bank"—TeleSUR
"An undiluted, undoubtedly powerful prosecution case against Israel over the death and destruction visited on Gaza by its military assaults since 2008." —The Independent
"Against tanks, warplanes, drones, high-precision missiles and white phosphorus, Finkelstein deploys the weapons of white-hot anger, scathing irony, sanity, common sense, international law, rational logic, clear analysis and the truth." —New Left Project
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Israels-Rational-Madness-20141210-0042.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/2014/11/time-boycott-israel-20141116114716395219.html
http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/the_method_in_israels_madness
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/method-and-madness-the-hidden-story-of-israels-assaults-on-gaza-by-norman-g-finkelstein-book-review-the-case-against-israel-9952034.html
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-1f46-Book-review-Method-and-Madness-The-Hidden-Story-of-Israels-Assaults-on-Gaza#.VKq7bGTF82I
http://www.alternet.org/books/how-mass-nonviolent-resistance-could-end-israels-blockade-gaza
http://greedforilm.com/norman-finkelstein/
- 条理与疯狂：以色列攻击加沙背后的事实
- Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Assaults on Gaza
- 作者：Norman G. Finkelstein
- 出版社代理人：OR Books（美国）
- 出版时间：2015年1月
- 页数：236页
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