During the First World War, Henri Bourassa – fierce Canadian
nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec – took centre
stage in the national debates on Canada’s participation in the war,
its imperial ties to Britain, and Canada’s place in the world. In
Duty to Dissent, Geoff Keelan draws upon Bourassa’s voluminous
editorials in Le Devoir, the newspaper Bourassa founded in 1910, to
trace his evolving perspective on the war’s meaning and
consequences. What emerges is not a simplistic sketch of a local
journalist engaged in national debates, as most English Canadians know
him, but a fully rendered portrait of a Canadian looking out at the
world. Bourassa used Le Devoir to express his opposition to Prime
Minister Robert Borden’s handling of the war, yet he also warned of
alarming transformations in all of the nations at war, such as the
growth of militarism, the failure of democracy, and the dangers of
total war at home and abroad. By situating Bourassa within a larger
panorama that connects him to prominent war resisters from around the
world, Keelan offers fresh insight into one of Canada’s most
influential historical figures, reshaping our understanding of why
Quebec’s position on the Great War differed so radically from the
rest of Canada.
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Henri Bourassa and the First World War
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ISBN
9780774838849
Publisert
2021
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University of British Columbia Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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