France and the Dreyfus Affair: A Brief Documentary History
The Dreyfus affair — the infamous account of Jewish army officer and French citizen, Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason in 1894 — was the most significant political and social crisis of fin-de-siècle Europe. In the first book designed to introduce students to the broad outlines and significant legacies of the affair, the author deftly interweaves text with documents, tracing the course of events. He highlights the many issues connected with the case, including anti-Semitism,...
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The Dreyfus affair — the infamous account of Jewish army officer and French citizen, Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason in 1894 — was the most significant political and social crisis of fin-de-siècle Europe. In the first book designed to introduce students to the broad outlines and significant legacies of the affair, the author deftly interweaves text with documents, tracing the course of events. He highlights the many issues connected with the case, including anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, and the separation of church and state. Sixty-six documents are embedded in the narrative, offering students a broad range of sources to examine, including newspaper editorials, letters, trial testimony, and diary entries. A list of the principal characters is included in the appendices. Booknews Introduces students to the most significant political and social crises of late 19th-century Europe--the unjust 1894 conviction of Jewish army officer and French citizen Alfred Dreyfus for treason. Interweaves explanatory and interpretive text with documents to highlight such issues as anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, the separation of the church and state, and the emergence of intellectuals into the political arena. Includes a chronology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
ForewordPreface1The Epoch1Maurice Barres, Election Campaign Speech, November 1, 18987La Libre Parole, Jews in the Army, May 23, 1892 Camille Dreyfus and Charles Freycinet, Exchange in the Chamber of Deputies, June 25, 189213Rabbi Zadoc Kahn, Funeral Oration, June 26, 189215Military Personnel Record of Alfred Dreyfus, 1882-1892172The Arrest21The Bordereau, 189422Alfred Dreyfus, Arrest and Interrogation, October 15, 189427Interrogation of Alfred Dreyfus, October 18-November 29, 189430La Libre Parole, High Treason, November 1, 189433Mathieu Dreyfus, Account of the Court-Martial Dossier, December 189437Alfred Dreyfus, Letter to Lucie Dreyfus, December 18, 1894383Trial and Exile40Alfred Dreyfus, Witnesses for the Prosecution, December 189441The Verdict, December 22, 189443Maurice Paleologue, My Secret Diary of the Dreyfus Case, December 23, 189444The Times of London, December 24, 189446Lucie Dreyfus, Letter to Alfred Dreyfus, January 2, 189549Alfred Dreyfus, Letter to Lucie Dreyfus, January 2, 189550Leon Daudet, The Punishment, January 6, 189551Theodor Herzl, Account of the Dreyfus Degradation, January 6, 189554Alfred Dreyfus, Devil's Island Diary, April 14, 1895594Treasons and Strategems61The Petit Bleu, 189662Severine (Caroline Remy), Memories of Esterhazy, January 189864Havas Press Agency, Dreyfus Escapes! September 3, 189667Lucie Dreyfus, Petition to the Chamber of Deputies, September 18, 189668The Henry Forgery, October 189671Mathieu Dreyfus, The Clairvoyant and the President, February 189572Bernard Lazare, A Judicial Error, November 189676Esperance, Letter to Esterhazy, October 189780Mathieu Dreyfus, Letter in Le Figaro, November 16, 189782Emile Zola, M. Scheurer-Kestner, November 25, 1897845J'Accuse87Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, The Uhlan Letter, November 28, 189788Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, Letter to General de Pellieux, December 2, 189790Emile Zola, J'Accuse!, January 13, 189893Le Siecle, Call to Women, March 25-27, 1898112Gyp, Les Izolatres, March 3, 1898115Jean Jaures, The Socialist Concern, 1898118Charles Maurras, First Blood, September 6-7, 18981226High Courts124Maurice Paleologue, My Secret Diary of the Dreyfus Case, September 26, 1898126Georges Picquart, I Have Had My Say, September 21, 1898128The Henry Monument, December 1898-January 1899130Alfred Dreyfus, Letter to Lucie Dreyfus, June 1, 1899137Announcement of the Second Court-Martial, June 5, 1899138Lucie Dreyfus, Letter to Alfred Dreyfus, July 1, 1899139G. W. Steevens, The Tragedy of Dreyfus, August 7, 1899144Jean-Bernard, Impressions of a Spectator, September 9, 18991487The World's Affair150Lord Russell of Killowen, Report to Queen Victoria, September 16, 1899152Joseph Reinach, The Pardon, September 10-13, 1899156Emile Zola, The Fifth Act, September 12, 1899160Alfred Dreyfus, Declaration of Innocence, September 19, 1899163Minister of War Gaston de Galliffet, Proclamation to the Army, September 21, 18991638Encores and Legacies164Anatole France, Eulogy for Emile Zola, October 5, 1902167Charles Peguy, Reflections on Bernard Lazare, 1910169Alfred Dreyfus, Petition to the Minister of Justice, November 25, 1903173Ballot-Beaupre, Annulment of the Rennes Verdict, July 12, 1906176Alfred Dreyfus, Painful Reverie, July 20, 1906177Sarah Bernhardt, Letter to Alfred Dreyfus, June 6, 1908180Leon Blum, Memories of the Affair, 1935185Colonel Paul Gaujac, A Theory of Innocence, January 31, 1994189Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, Letter on the Centenary of "J'Accuse," January 1998191AppendixChronology of Events Related to the Dreyfus Affair (1859-1998)193AppendixList of Principal Characters198AppendixSelected Bibliography201Index205
\ BooknewsIntroduces students to the most significant political and social crises of late 19th-century Europe--the unjust 1894 conviction of Jewish army officer and French citizen Alfred Dreyfus for treason. Interweaves explanatory and interpretive text with documents to highlight such issues as anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, the separation of the church and state, and the emergence of intellectuals into the political arena. Includes a chronology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
