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The Making of the October Crisis

ISBN-13: 9780385663274

Author(s): D'arcy Jenish

Subjects: HB, NH

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Anchor Canada

Publication Date: 08-10-2020

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£19.99
The Making of the October Crisis

About the book

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 liberation du Quebec, 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 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.