The Gaullist attack on Canada, 1967-1997 /

"What lay behind Charles de Gaulle's "Vive le Quebec libre!" speech in Montreal on 24 July 1967, Philippe Rossillon's activities in New Brunswick, Belgium, and Africa, and the sinking of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand in 1985? J.F. Bosher argues that the mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bosher, J. F. (John Francis), 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Subjects:
Gaullism.
Gaullisme.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
Autonomy and independence movements
Gaullism
International relations
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Afscheidingsbewegingen.
Québec (Province) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
France > Relations > Canada.
Canada > Relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > Canada.
Canada > Foreign relations > France.
Québec (Province) > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
France > Relations extérieures > Canada.
Canada > Relations extérieures > France.
Canada
France
Québec
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Gaullist assaults on Canada. Introduction
  • Why Quebec attracted de Gaulle
  • Gaullist aggression before 1967
  • "Vive le Quebec libre!"
  • "Liberating" Acadia
  • The French "Quebec Mafia"
  • Part two: Canada's responses. Marcel Cadieux fights back
  • Prime Ministers versus Presidents
  • Troubled police forces
  • A military response
  • Part three: imperial dreams. Quebec in a world-wide cultural empire
  • The bureaucratic habit
  • The aggressive fifth republic
  • Inventing a useful past
  • Gaullism and the French Imperial Tradition
  • On se souvient.

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