Triquet's Cross

A Study of Military Heroism

John MacFarlane (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2009
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3577-0 (ISBN)

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Tells the story of Paul Triquet, a French-Canadian soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in the battle for Casa Berardi during the Second World War.

John MacFarlane is a historian with the Department of National Defence.

Acknowledgments; Foreword by Serge Bernier; Introduction PART ONE: FROM CABANO TO CASA BERARDI 1 The Call to Adventure, 1940-1942; 2 The Road of Trials, 1943 PART TWO : CROSS PURPOSES: MEDALS, THE MEDIA , AND AN ARMY AT WAR 3 A Canadian Victoria Cross, March 1944; 4 Army Public Relations, April 1944; 5 Hero in an Army at War, May 1944-August 1945 PART THREE: THE WARRIOR IN POST WAR SOCIET Y 6 Last Attempt at Being a Regular Soldier, 1945-1947; 7 A Hero's Return to the Ordinary World, 1947-1980 Epilogue: Remembering Triquet Notes; Bibliography; Index

Zusatzinfo	39 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Montreal
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7735-3577-2 / 0773535772
ISBN-13	978-0-7735-3577-0 / 9780773535770
Zustand	Neuware