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The Gaullist attack on Canada, 1967-1997

Author: J F Bosher
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Named Person: Charles de Gaulle
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: J F Bosher
ISBN: 0773518088 9780773518087
OCLC Number: 44173199
Description: xi, 331 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: J.F. Bosher.

Abstract:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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