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Robert Gildea

Robert Gildea is Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. His most recent book is Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799–1914. (June 2010)

Alfred Dreyfus in a police photograph by Alphonse Bertillon immediately after the military degradation ceremony that followed his conviction for treason, January 1895

How to Understand the Dreyfus Affair

Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

by Louis Begley

For the Soul of France: Culture Wars in the Age of Dreyfus

by Frederick Brown

Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century

by Ruth Harris

June 10, 2010 issue

Letter

Susan Vaillant

‘How to Understand the Dreyfus Affair’

September 30, 2010 issue

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