Title The Gaullist attack on Canada, 1967-1997 / J.F. Bosher

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages) : maps Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection 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 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."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Gaullism. HISTORY -- Canada -- General. HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- ) Autonomy and independence movements Gaullism International relations Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Afscheidingsbewegingen. Gaullisme. SUBJECT Québec (Province) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007261 France -- Relations -- Canada Canada -- Relations -- France France -- Foreign relations -- Canada Canada -- Foreign relations -- France Subject Canada France Québec Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773567573 0773567577

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