John Macfarlane

Triquet's Cross (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of Military Heroism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of only thirteen members of the Canadian Armed Forces to be awarded the highest military honour during the war, Triquet was later pressured to resign from the force due to the overwhelming public and political expectations that the award entailed. The role of hero did not suit Triquet and weighed heavily on him and his family. MacFarlane shows how Triquet's story was changed by those who wished to make his hero status the cornerstone in a political debate between francophones and anglophones, particularly with regard to his representing the Commonwealth despite his French-Canadian heritage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MQUP
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780773578777
• Artikelnr.: 41458987

Autorenporträt

John MacFarlane is a historian with the Department of National Defence and author of Ernest Lapointe and Quebec's Influence on Canadian Foreign Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword by Serge Bernier ix
Introduction 3
PART ONE
FROM CABANO TO CASA BERARDI
1 The Call to Adventure, 1910- 1942 9
2 The Road of Trials, 1943 29
PART TWO
CROSS PURPOSES: MEDALS, THE MEDIA, AND AN ARMY AT WAR
3 A Canadian Victoria Cross, March 1944 57
4 Army Public Relations, April 1944 72
5 Hero in an Army at War, May 1944- August 1945 95
PART THREE
THE WARRIOR IN POST WAR SOCIETY
6 Last Attempt at Being a Regular Soldier, 1945- 1947 117
7 A Hero’s Return to the Ordinary World, 1947- 1980 132
Epilogue: Remembering Triquet 151
Notes 161
Bibliography 229
Index 243