Chomsky wrote in Understanding Power that Finkelstein "literally could not get the faculty to read" and that Princeton eventually granted Finkelstein his doctorate only "out of embarrassment " but refused to give him any further professional backing.
Chomsky napísal vo svojej knihe Understanding Power, že Finkelstein „doslova nemohol primäť fakultu prečítať ,“ a že Princetonská univerzita nakoniec udelila Finkelsteinovi doktorát len „z rozpakov“, ale odmietli mu poskytnúť akúkoľvek ďalšiu odbornú oporu.“.