Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

by Louis Begley

Book Overview

From the prize-winning author of Wartime Lies, an anatomy of the infamous prosecution of a Jewish officer attached to the French Army's General Staff, with profound implications for our own time.

In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attach in Paris based on perjured testimony and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300168144
• ISBN13: 9780300168143
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 8.6"