Book Launch at the Canadian War Museum

Book Launch at the Canadian War Museum – Michael Petrou and Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

Between 1936 and 1939, almost 1,700 Canadians defied their government and volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They chose to leave behind punishing lives in Canadian relief camps, mines, and urban flophouses to confront fascism in a country few knew much about. Four hundred died there. Petrou has written the definitive account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. It reveals who these men and women were, why they volunteered, how they lived and died in Spain, and how the Canadian government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reacted to their decision to illegally join another country’s war. Renegades is an intimate and unflinching story of idealism and courage, duplicity and defeat.

Michael Petrou is a foreign correspondent at Maclean’s magazine and holds a doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford.

WHAT: Michael Petrou book launch Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
WHERE: Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum
WHEN: Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:00 pm (in English)
COST: Free

Admission to the War Museum is free Thursday evenings from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Information (media):

Pierre Leduc
Manager, Communications
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8607
E-mail: pierre.leduc@warmuseum.ca.

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