Tanya Grodzinski, Royal Military College, Kingston Society From the age of thirteen to just prior to his death at thirty-two at the Battle of theFr omP the lage of thiirnteen sto ju s t prior to his death at thirty-two at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, James Wolfe wrote an extensive series of letters to his parents. [...] led by Stephen Harper wanted to unite Cana- ne.s autour de la célébration de la Guerre de dians around the celebration of the War of 1812 et de la Première Guerre mondiale, les 1812 and the First World War, the strongest réactions négatives les plus fortes se firent negative reactions were heard in Quebec. [...] “To exchange the leather ring and the lus- les galons d’or, les couronnes et les étoiles! C’est le rêve de tous les trous sleeves for the sword, the gold braids, the crowns and the pékins », s’exclamait le zouave Gustave Drolet. [...] The place of war in Quebec’s history has been Historiographie overlooked, and the emphasis has been on the struggles against the wars of empire and on the episodes of anti-conscription riots. [...] One prominent place that this story holds in her narration and the of the women we interviewed, Nawal Baidoun, wrote a mem- details she offers demonstrate the complexity of the situations oir about the time she spent in Khiam prison for her role in an that Lebanese women negotiated in the war.
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