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Dreyfus: big lies and big sticks

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. It was the end of the nineteenth century and his exoneration in 1906 coincided with the birth of modernism. The double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians and anti-Semites posing as patriots have remained on the … Continue reading

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dreyfus: national insecurity

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. The time was “la belle epoque,” and the stage was France. But the chief actors in the drama- the double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians, and anti-Semites posing as patriots- have remained on the political … Continue reading

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dreyfus: not so libre parole

Why we cannot forget the Dreyfus Affair. … Auguste Mercier’s exact motives for illegally condemning a brother officer to life-in-death have never been satisfactorily explained. It has been suggested that Dreyfus’s arrest was a snap decision, and the general was … Continue reading

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