This study explores the rise and nature of anti-Semitism in Europe and America. Lindemann attempts to untangle myth and reality and offers a fresh look at the main personalities in a controversial and dispassionate reassessment of the accused and the accusers.

List of plates; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The historical setting in Europe and America; 3. Earlier anti-Semitic affairs; 4. France before the Dreyfus Affair; 5. The Dreyfus Affair, more than a trial; 6. Beyond the Pale; Russia and the Jews, 1890-1914; 7. Blood libel; the Beilis Affair; 8. America, the 'exception'; 9. The Leo Frank Affair; Epilogue and conclusion; Bibliography; Index.