Canada between Vichy and Free France, 1940-1945 / / Oliver Courteaux.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Courteaux, Oliver,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

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.Courteaux concludes this extensively detailed study by illustrating Canada's vital role in helping France reassert its position on the global stage after 1944. Filled with international intrigue and larger-than-life characters, Canada between Vichy and Free France adds greatly to our comprehension of Canada's foreign relations and political history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Ottawa and the Principle of National Unity -- 2. France's Collapse: "A Painful Controversy" -- 3. "To Avoid a Break with France" -- 4. A Canadian in Vichy -- 5. The Apprentice Sorcerer -- 6. Ottawa and Vichy: The Controversy -- 7. "The Stick and the Carrot": Washington's French Illusions -- 8. The Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Affair -- 9. The Impossible Rupture, February-October 1942 -- 10. Imbroglio in North Africa -- 11. Questions over Recognition, 1943-1944 -- 12. Missed Opportunities, October 1944- September 1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index