The October Crisis, 1970 : an insider's view / William Tetley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tetley, William, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tetley, William, 1927-.

Tetley, William.

FLQ.

Political crimes and offenses--Quebec (Province).

Political crimes and offenses.

Québec (Province)--History--October Crisis, 1970.

Québec (Province).

Québec (Province)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Using now available documentation and his 1970 diary, William Tetley addresses important questions about the October Crisis. In a detailed analysis of the government's decision-making process, Tetley points out what most historical interpretations ignore: all but sixty of those apprehended were soon released, not a window was broken, and the calm that descended on Quebec and Canada has lasted for thirty-six years."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Contents:

1. The setting

2. The FLQ defined

3. FLQ membership

4. The FLQ manifesto

5. Terrorists for hostages

6. The petition of 14 October 1970

7. Calling in the army

8. Apprehended insurrection

9. The war measures act and the alternatives

10. The war measures act : what went right

11. The war measures act : what went wrong

12. The reaction to the war measures act

13. Provisional government

14. Voices of calm, voices of panic

15. The murder of Pierre Laporte

16. The end of the violence

17. Convening the national assembly?

18. Was the crisis principally a Quebec matter?

19. Federalism at work

20. The Duchaine report

21. Conclusions

App. 1. Diary, 30 September-28 December 1970

App. 2. The twenty-three "political prisoners" and their crimes or the charges against them

App. 3. The petition of the sixteen "eminent personalities" (English version)

App. 4. Sentences of FLQ members involved in the crisis.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612867040

9780773578845

0773578846

9781282867048

1282867040

9780773576605

0773576606

OCLC:

716062232