Dreyfus : : Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century

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Originally published as: The man on Devil's Island : Alfred Dreyfus and the affair that divided France. London : Allen Lane, 2010.
Trial and errors. Degradation ; Family and friends ; France, Germany, and the Jewish community ; The Alsatian connection ; Zola -- Intellectuals and anti-intellectuals. The polemic begins ; Dreyfusard contradictions ; "Anti-intellectuals" : Catholics and the occult ; Dreyfusards and the Judaeo-Christian tradition ; Mother-love and nationalism : Maurice Barrès and Jules Soury -- Movements and mystiques. Anti-Dreyfusard movements and martyrology ; The Dreyfusard mystique ; Salonnières left and right ; Rightist illusions -- The end of the affair. Alfred returns ; The trial and its aftermath ; Aftershocks; Rehabilitation.
Prizewinning historian Ruth Harris offers the first in-depth history of both sides in the 1894 Dreyfus Affair, showing how complex interlocking influences--tensions within the military, the clashing demands of justice and nationalism, and a tangled web of friendships and family connections--shaped both the coalition working to free Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus and the formidable alliances seeking to protect the reputation of the army that had convicted him.
Contents: Man on Devil's Island.

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