Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The FLQ
Author: The Making of the October Crisis
Author: D'Arcy JenishPublisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385663277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A definitive, mind-changing history of the October Crisis and the events leading up to it. The first bombs exploded in Montreal in the spring of 1963, and over the next seven years there were hundreds more bombings, many bank robberies, six murders and, in October 1970, the kidnappings of a British diplomat and a Quebec cabinet minister. The perpetrators were members of the Front de libération du Québec, dedicated to establishing a sovereign and socialist Quebec. Half a century on, we should have reached some clear understanding of what led to the October Crisis. Instead, too much attention has been paid to the Crisis and not enough to the years preceding it. Most of those who have written about the FLQ have been ardent nationalists, committed sovereigntists or former terrorists. They tell us that the authorities should have negotiated with the kidnappers and contend that Jean Drapeau's administration and the governments of Robert Bourassa and Pierre Trudeau created the October Crisis by invoking the War Measures Act. Using new research and interviews, D'Arcy Jenish tells for the first time the complete story—starting from the spring of 1963. This gripping narrative by a veteran journalist and master storyteller will change forever the way we view this dark chapter in Canadian history.
The FLQ
Author: James StewartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Québec (Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The FLQ : Seven Years of Terrorism
Author: James StewartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Québec (Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The FLQ
Author: James StewartThe FLQ; Seven Years of Terrorism
Author: James Plussey StewartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Québec (Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
F.L.Q.
Author: Louis FournierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Last Stop, Paris
Author: Michael McLoughlinPublisher: Michael McLoughlin
ISBN: 9780670881963
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
On March 29, 1971, a Canadian was found brutally murdered in a small Paris apartment. The victim, François Mario Bachand, was a radical member of the separatist Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), the terrorist group that had been causing havoc in Canada, planting bombs and carrying out kidnappings. Bachand served a jail term in the early 1960s, and after his release he was considered a loose cannon, heartily despised by many associates. It was widely believed that the FLQ had killed one of its own. Twenty years after Bachand died in Paris, author Michael McLoughlin came across a single document in the National Archives of Canada that shed an eerie new light on the circumstances of Bachand's death. The murder, McLoughlin discovered, was not so simple after all. And the deeper he dug, the more complicated - and disturbing - the case became. Last Stop, Paris analyzes the shocking circumstances surrounding Bachand's murder. McLoughlin carefully reconstructs the secret meeting that determined Bachand's fate and the events that led to his assassination on the March day in Paris. It also follows the movements of the FLQ and the RCMP Security Service, and reveals the close international connections that tied revolutionary groups of the later 1960s and 1970s - from Cuba to Europe to the Middle East - to underground agents of the CIA, MI5, and French intelligence. A revealing look at the international web of terrorism and government intelligence, Last Stop, Paris is an explosive examination of the secrets, betrayals and violence that characterized the most tumultuous period in Canada's recent history.
October Crisis 1970
Author: William TetleyPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773576606
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This first-hand account of a seminal Canadian crisis challenges the notion that civil rights and political liberties were unjustifiably restricted.
Other Diplomacies, Other Ties
Author: Luis Rene Fernandez TabioPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442622601
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Other Diplomacies, Other Ties explores Cuba-Canada relations following the revolution of 1959 and the major geopolitical and economic transformations that have occurred in recent years. Through the conceptual lens of "other diplomacies," which emphasizes interactions among non-state actors, the contributors challenge the conventional wisdom regarding the actions of diplomats, politicians, journalists, spies, and émigrés. Featuring both Cuban and Canadian contributors, the volume offers a diverse range of research methodologies including ethnography, archival work, and policy analysis to encourage critical examination about the problems, possibilities, and promise of the longstanding relationship between Canada and Cuba. All decades of the post-1959 relationship – from the dramatic early years during which the diplomatic and political relationship was negotiated through to contemporary education exchanges and the gradual formation of Cuban-Canadian diasporas, are critically reappraised. Other Diplomacies, Other Ties is a nuanced and unique volume that crucially gives voice to Cuban scholars' perspectives on the Canada-Cuba relationship.