Using extensive archival research

Gendron rebuts the argument of Quebec nationalists and scholars that the Canadian government''s neglect of French Africa forced Quebec to develop its own international identity.

Towards a Francophone Community

Shows that there had been active federal interest in French African affairs since the late 1940s, within the context of developments in NATO and the Cold War, the vagaries of Canada''s relations with France, and the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.