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Catalyst to History: Why Dreyfus Matters I
March 2, 2008
Alan M. Dershowitz professor, Harvard Law School
Jeffrey Mehlman professor, French literature, Boston University
Robert Zelnick professor, journalism, Boston University
Eugene Sheppard professor, modern Jewish thought, Brandeis
Dan Abrams host, MSNBC's, Live with Dan Abrams

Alan M. Dershowitz and others explore how the issues which were part of the 19th century French trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus still reverberate today. Catalyst to History: Why Dreyfus Matters explores military justice, anti-Semitism, separation of church and state, and trial by media in the Dreyfus affair.

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