"The origins of the infamous forgery the Protocols of the Sages of Zion are the subject of much vigorous debate. In this study, Cesare G. De Michelis illuminates its authors and the circumstances of production by focusing on the text itself." "This volume is a revised and expanded edition of the original, which appeared in Italian. Featured is an arguably archetypal Russian text of the Protocols, which De Michelis pieced together from several publications, based on careful textual analysis."--BOOK JACKET.