The Second Quebec Conference Revisited: Waging War, Formulating Peace

The Second Quebec Conference Revisited is a remarkable collection of essays resulting from an international conference of American, British, and Canadian scholars organized by McGill University, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and the FDR Library to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Quebec Conference. The essays examine the critical state of Allied relations in the fall of 1944, when the possibility that the war in Europe might soon end produced unexpected strains in the transatlantic Alliance. In addition, the essays discuss the important, though often overlooked, Canadian contribution to the war. Overall, The Second Quebec Conference Revisited provides a new and enlightening perspective on the historical significance of the Second Quebec Conference.