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The Gaullist attack on Canada, 1967-1997

Title
The Gaullist attack on Canada, 1967-1997 / J.F. Bosher.
Author
Bosher, J. F.
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

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xi, 331 pages : 5 maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • 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 motivation behind all these incidents was a policy of underhanded imperial ambition on the part of France.
  • In The Gaullist Attack on Canada, he contends that behind the screen of harmless fraternizing of international francophonie, French nationalists have been at work to stimulate French revolutionary nationalism in Quebec and elsewhere. He argues that the Gaullist ideology behind these attempts rests on a set of myths about past events, age-old resentment of the English-speaking nations, and a deep-rooted belief in the superiority of France, its language, and its culture.
Subject
  • Gaullism > Québec (Province)
  • Québec (Province) > Autonomy and independence movements
  • France > Relations > Canada
  • Canada > Relations > France
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-303) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Gaullist Assaults on Canada. 1. Introduction. 2. Why Quebec Attracted de Gaulle. 3. Gaullist Aggression before 1967. 4. "Vive le Quebec libre!" 5. "Liberating" Acadia. 6. The French "Quebec Mafia" -- Pt. 2. Canada's Responses. 7. Marcel Cadieux Fights Back. 8. Prime Ministers versus Presidents. 9. Troubled Police Forces. 10. A Military Response -- Pt. 3. Imperial Dreams. 11. Quebec in a World-wide Cultural Empire. 12. The Bureaucratic Habit. 13. The Aggressive Fifth Republic. 14. Inventing a Useful Past. 15. Gaullism and the French Imperial Tradition. 16. On se souvient.
ISBN
0773518088 :
LCCN
cn 98901094
OCLC
  • 44173199
  • ocm44173199
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries