With Friends Like These - Entangled Nationalisms and the Canada-Quebec-France Triangle, 1944-1970 (Paperback)

One of the most enduring images of Quebec's Quiet Revolutionis Charles de Gaulle proclaiming "Vive le Quebec"libre "" from the balcony of Montreal City Hall in 1967.The French president's provocative act laid bare Canada'sunity crisis and has since dominated both anglophone and francophoneinterpretations of the Canada-Quebec-France triangle in the modernera.

"With Friends like These" demystifies this "cri dubalcon" by shifting the focus from de Gaulle to the broaderdomestic and international forces at play. David Meren traces theevolution of Quebec's special relationship with France after theSecond World War and reveals that the resulting clash of nationalisms-- French, Quebecois, and Canadian -- was fuelled not only bypersonalities and events but also by the efforts to respond to thepower and influence of the United States in an increasinglyinterconnected world. More than just a herald of Quebec's newplace in French international policy, de Gaulle's "cri dubalcon" and its repercussions were the result of concerns on bothsides of the Atlantic about the acceleration of a US-dominatedglobalization.By seeking to understand, rather than simply condemn, aspects ofQuebec, Gaullist, and Canadian nationalism, Meren casts doubt onestablished interpretations of events and exposes the complexity of arising international interest in Canadian affairs.

David Meren is an assistant professor in theDepartement d'histoire at the Universite de Montreal."