Canada between Vichey and Free France, 1940-1945 / Olivier Courteaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courteaux, Olivier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Canada--Foreign relations--France.

Canada.

France--Foreign relations--Canada.

France.

France--Foreign relations--1940-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945.

Diplomatic history.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.

Summary:

The 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.00.

Contents:

1 Ottawa and the Principle of National Unity 12

2 France's Collapse: "A Painful Controversy" 25

3 "To Avoid a Break with France" 34

4 A Canadian in Vichy 48

5 The Apprentice Sorcerer 70

6 Ottawa and Vichy: The Controversy 85

7 "The Stick and the Carrot": Washington's French Illusions 98

8 The Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Affair 116

9 The Impossible Rupture, February-October 1942 140

10 Imbroglio in North Africa 158

11 Questions over Recognition, 1943-1944 169

12 Missed Opportunities, October 1944-September 1945 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442644649

1442644648

9781442612785

1442612789

OCLC:

824488943