"Les sanglots longs de la violence de l'automne": French Diplomacy Reacts to the October Crisis.
Employing information gathered chiefly from the archives of France's Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (MAE), this article examines official French perceptions of the October Crisis, and how these were influenced by evolving attitudes in Paris regarding Quebec and Canada. It is argued that French of...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Historical Review Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 613 - 645 |
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University of Toronto Press
Dec2007
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