Dreyfus
Subtitle: politics, emotion, and the scandal of the century
By: Ruth Harris.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9780805074710
Subjects: Dreyfus, Alfred, -- 1859-1935; Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- France -- History -- 19th century; Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- France -- Biography; Intellectuals -- France -- Biography; Treason -- France -- History -- 19th century; Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century; France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940; France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Work titles: Man on Devil's Island
Description: 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.
Notes: "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2010 as The man on Devil's Island by Allen Lane, London"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Trial and errors; title: Degradation; title: Family and friends; title: France, Germany, and the Jewish community; title: The Alsatian connection; title: Zola; title: pt. 2. Intellectuals and anti-intellectuals; title: The polemic begins; title: Dreyfusard contradictions; title: "Anti-intellectuals" : Catholics and the occult; title: Dreyfusards and the Judaeo-Christian tradition; title: Mother-love and nationalism : Maurice Barrès and Jules Soury; title: pt. 3. Three   movements and mystiques; title: Anti-Dreyfusard movements and martyrology; title: The Dreyfusard mystique; title: Salonnières left and right; title: Rightist illusions; title: pt. 4. The end of the affair; title: Alfred returns; title: The trial and its aftermath; title: Aftershocks; title: Rehabilitation; title: Epilogue; title: Chronology; title: Dramatis personae.