Triquet's Cross

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

"An informative case study of the creation and function of public heroism." Carman Miller, McGill University