Name Andrew Godefroy | Role Historian | |
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Born May 2, 1972
Montreal, Quebec ( 1972-05-02 ) Occupation Soldier, Historian, Author, TV and New Media Genre science and technology, military history, and strategy Education Royal Military College of Canada Books Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74 | ||
Andrew Godefroy CD, M.A., Ph.D. is a Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian noted for his work in innovation studies, organizational design, space programs, and military history.
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Scholarship
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Andrew Godefroy read history at Concordia University. His early academic work was in the field of Canadian military history with a particular focus on Canada and the First World War. His first book published in 1998 - For Freedom and Honour? - a study of the death penalty in Canada's Canadian Expeditionary Force based on his undergraduate thesis, received critical praise in both media and academia circles and drew much attention to this long forgotten and politically sensitive subject.
His graduate studies focused on innovation and conflict, earning him both an MA and Ph.D. in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. His master's thesis examined U.S.-Canada cooperation and public policy in missile defence and space programs, while his post-graduate dissertation examined the nature of defence innovation, using the evolution of Canada's post war rocket and space program, and the relationships created between government, defence, and science and technology in Canada as his case study. He was the first person in Canada to declassify and examine several of the earliest records on Canadian post-war rocketry, upper atmospheric, and space research during the completion of his doctorate. His subsequent publication of this research initiated a fundamental reassessment of Canada's political and security roles in missile defence and outer space during the early Cold War period.
During 2009-2010 he held the Canadian Visiting Research Fellowship in the Changing Character of Warfare Program at the University of Oxford. His research focused on why and how western armies change, with specific attention given to the evolution of British, American, and Canadian armies during the Cold War period and beyond.
Books
For Freedom and Honour? The Story of 25 Canadians Executed During the Great War (Ottawa: CEF Books) 1998. ISBN 1-896979-22-X
Bush Warfare: The Early Writings of General Sir William C.G. Heneker KCB KCMG DSO (Kingston: The Army Publishing Office) 2009. ISBN 978-1-100-10301-3 Link to Book
Great War Commands: Perspectives on Canadian Army Leadership, 1914-1918 (Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press), 2010. ISBN 978-1-100-15601-9. Link to Book
Defence & Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-1974 (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press) 2011. ISBN 978-0-7748-1959-6.
In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada's Cold War Army (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press) 2014. ISBN 978-0-7748-2702-7.
The Canadian Space Program: From Black Brant to the International Space Station (New York: Springer-Praxis Books) 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-40104-1.
Select book chapters
“Orbital Asset or Overhead Menace? Space Power and Special Operations”, in LCol. David Last, Ed. Choice of Force: Special Operations for Canada, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005), 205-218.
“An Overview of Fictional Writing and the Canadian Army of the Future”, in DND. Crisis in Zefra. (Kingston: Directorate of Land Concepts and Doctrine, 2005), 127-134.
“The Intangible Defence: Canada’s Militarization and Weaponization of Space”, in LCol. Bernd Horn, Ed. The Canadian Way of War. (Toronto: Dundurn Group, 2006), 327-357.
“Canadian Military Effectiveness in the First World War”, in LCol. Bernd Horn, Ed. The Canadian Way of War. (Toronto: Dundurn Group, 2006), 169-194.
“Trenches Should Never Be Saved: The 4th Canadian Division at Vimy Ridge”, in Geoffrey Hayes et al. eds. Vimy Ridge: A Reassessment. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007), 211-224.
“The German Army at Vimy Ridge”, in Geoffrey Hayes et al. eds. Vimy Ridge: A Reassessment. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007), 225-238.
(With Peter Gizewski) “Force Requirements (Land)”, in Brian MacDonald ed. Vimy Papers 2007 – Canada and Arctic Security. Ottawa: CDAI Press, 2007. (ISBN 978-0-9698881-6-1).
“Portrait of a Battalion Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George Stuart Tuxford at the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915”, in Colonel Bernd Horn ed. Intrepid Warriors: Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders. (Kingston and Toronto: CDA Press and Dundurn Group, 2007), 59-74.
“Daring Innovation: The Canadian Corps and Trench Raiding on the Western Front”, in LCol. Bernd Horn, ed. Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History. (Toronto: Dundurn Group, 2008).
“A Clashof Wills: The Canadian Struggle for Mount Sorrell, 2 June 1916”, in Col. BerndHorn, ed. Fortune Favours the Brave:Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History. (Toronto:Dundurn Press, 2009), pp. 175–200.
“WartimeMilitary Innovation and the Creation of Canada’s Defence Research Board”, in Geoff Hayes (ed.). Canada and the SecondWorld War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp. (Waterloo: Wilfrid LaurierUniversity Press, 2012), pp. 199–218.
“Prometheus Bound: Canada’s Defence Space Program in the Year 2025”, in Jack L. Granatstein(ed.). The Canadian Forces in 2025:Prospects and Problems. (Victoria, BC: Friesen Press, 2013), pp. 107–134.
Select articles
"A Lesson in Success: The Calonne Trench Raid, 17 January 1917" Canadian Military History Vol.8 No.2 (Spring 1999), pp. 25–34 Link to Article
"Is the Sky Falling? Canada's Defence Space Program at the Crossroads", Canadian Military Journal Vol.1 No.2 (Summer 2000), pp.51-58 Link to Article
"Chasing the Silver Bullet: The Evolution of Capability Development in the Canadian Army" Canadian Military Journal Vol.8 No.1 (Spring 2007), pp. 53–66 Link to Article
“From Gentleman Cadet to No Known Grave: The Life and Death of Lieutenant FranklinSharp Rankin, 1894-1916”, The CanadianAir Force Journal, Vol.1:3 (Fall 2008), pp. 11–19.
(With Major Alex Ruff) “Forging Land Forces for the Army of Tomorrow: The Battlegroup2021 Study”, The Canadian Army Journal,Vol.11:3 (Fall 2008), pp. 11–19.
“A Force of Reason:Canada, Central America, and the Grupo de Observadores de la Naciones Unidaspara Centro America (ONUCA), 1983-1992”, Canadian Military History, Vol.17: 2 (Spring 2008),pp. 5–20.
“Canadian Soldiers in West African Conflicts, 1885-1905”, Canadian Military History, Vol.17:1 (Winter2008), pp. 21–36.
“The Royal Military College of Canada and the Education of Officers for the Great War”, Canadian Military History,Vol.18 No.4 (Autumn 2009), pp. 17–31.
“For King, Queen, and Empire: Canadians Recruited into the British Army, 1858-1944”, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. Vol. 87 No. 350 (Summer 2009), pp. 135–149.
"Letting Clausewitz Go: The Lesson the Canadian Army Must Learn From Afghanistan" Canadian Military Journal Vol.10 No.3 (2010), pp. 53–58 Link to Article
“Allies in Orbit: Files From the RCAF’s Cold War Space Program”, Air Force Magazine. Vol.37 No.1 (2013), pp. 32–37.