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Canada between Vichy and Free France, 1940-1945 / Oliver Courteaux.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Courteaux, Oliver, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Canada--Foreign relations--France.
- Canada.
- France--Foreign relations--Canada.
- France.
- France--Foreign relations--1940-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation [On] the eve of the Second World War, Franco-Canadian relations remained subdued. The two countries were friendly but not particularly close, and Canada's declaration of war on Germany in September 1939 did little to change that. The consensus in Canada was that Britain and France, with their respective empires, held a strong economic advantage over Germany. Things would sort themselves out in Europe, and there was no need to strengthen the existing relationship with France. The view was shattered by Germany's stunning victory over France, whose army had been widely considered the best in the world. This shocking turn precipitated immediate and far-reaching changes in France-Canadian relations. Book jacket.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-6127-5
- 1-4426-6126-7
- OCLC:
- 890934462
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