Triquet's Cross: A Study of Military Heroism

by John MacFarlane

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773578777
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

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