The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood |
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| Author:
| Forth, Christopher E. |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7433-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2004 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1894, French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. The ensuing scandal has often been studied for what it reveals about French anti-Semitism and tensions between republicanism and conservatism under the Third Republic. But because treason was considered a cowardly--and ......
In 1894, French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. The ensuing scandal has often been studied for what it reveals about French anti-Semitism and tensions between republicanism and conservatism under the Third Republic. But because treason was considered a cowardly--and ......