A Study Of The Dreyfus Affair

The Dreyfus Affair has an very important status in the history of the third Republic of French. Because of the Jewish officer—Dreyfus's special status and social situation in France at that time, it makes the ordinary military spy case develop into a significant historical event than all sectors of French people are involved in 12 years. The Dreyfus affair has had the enormous influence to France, it directly affected the political process in France, caused the French society back into division, to some extent reflected the difficult position which the third Republic of French faces.The article body is composed of five parts:Section one: Introduces the purpose and significance of thesis topics, looks back to current research status on this main issues, and proposed some of my ideas.Section two: It mainly discusses the background of the affair, trying to expose the motives of the affair, There are a variety of complex factors that make the affair has profound influence.Section three: Discusses the Dreyfus affair's development process and its underlying political contest. This part mainly through detailed historical data to explain how the Dreyfus Affair developing, and provide the clue for the next part.Section four: Discusses the impacts of the Dreyfus Affair which to the French political situation, Jews, intellectuals and the socialist movement.Section five: Conclusion. discusses the background,the process and the effect of the Dreyfus Affair, further knows the Dreyfus affair's essence, and give the Dreyfus affair an total appraisal localization.