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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460454203321

Autore

Tetley William <1927->

Titolo

The October Crisis, 1970 [[electronic resource] ] : an insider's view / / William Tetley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-86704-0

9786612867040

0-7735-7660-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

971.4/04092

Soggetti

Political crimes and offenses - Québec (Province)

Electronic books.

Québec (Province) History October Crisis, 1970

Québec (Province) History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The setting -- 2. The FLQ defined -- 3. FLQ membership -- 4. The FLQ manifesto -- 5. Terrorists for hostages -- 6. The petition of 14 October 1970 -- 7. Calling in the army -- 8. Apprehended insurrection -- 9. The war measures act and the alternatives -- 10. The war measures act : what went right -- 11. The war measures act : what went wrong -- 12. The reaction to the war measures act -- 13. Provisional government -- 14. Voices of calm, voices of panic -- 15. The murder of Pierre Laporte -- 16. The end of the violence -- 17. Convening the national assembly? -- 18. Was the crisis principally a Quebec matter? -- 19. Federalism at work -- 20. The Duchaine report -- 21. Conclusions -- App. 1. Diary, 30 September-28 December 1970 -- App. 2. The twenty-three "political prisoners" and their crimes or the charges against them -- App. 3. The petition of the sixteen "eminent personalities" (English version) -- App. 4. Sentences of FLQ members involved in the crisis.

Sommario/riassunto

"Using now available documentation and his 1970 diary, William Tetley addresses important questions about the October Crisis. In a detailed analysis of the government's decision-making process, Tetley points



out what most historical interpretations ignore: all but sixty of those apprehended were soon released, not a window was broken, and the calm that descended on Quebec and Canada has lasted for thirty-six years."--Résumé de l'éditeur.