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Book SynopsisThe relationship between Canada and France has always been complicated by the Canadian federal government’s relations with Quebec. In this first study of Franco-Canadian relations during the Second World War, Olivier Courteaux demonstrates how Canada’s wartime foreign policy was shaped by the country’s internal divides.
As Courteaux shows, Quebec’s vocal nationalist minority came to openly support France’s fascist Vichy regime and resented Canada’s involvement in a ‘British’ war, while English Canada was largely sympathetic to de Gaulle’s Free French movement and accepted its duty to aid embattled Mother Britain. Meanwhile, on the world stage, Canada deftly juggled ties with both French factions to appease Great Britain and the United States before eventually giving full support to the Free French movement.
Courteaux concludes this extensively detailed study by illustrating Canada’s vital role in helping France
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'Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.' -- J.L. Granatstein Choice Magazine; vol 51:07:14
Table of Contents
Introduction Prologue Chapter 1: Ottawa and the Principle of National Unity Chapter 2: France's Collapse: "A Painful Controversy" Chapter 3: "To avoid a break with France" Chapter 4: A Canadian in Vichy Chapter 5: The Apprentice Sorcerer Chapter 6: Ottawa and Vichy: the Controversy Chapter 7: "The Stick and the Carrot": Washington's French Illusions Chapter 8: The Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Affair Chapter 9: The Impossible Rupture: February - October 1942 Chapter 10: Imbroglio in North Africa Chapter 11: Questions over Recognition, 1943-1944 Chapter 12: Missed Opportunities, October 1944 - September 1945 Conclusion Bibliography
