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Andrew Godefroy CD,
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is a Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian.


Scholarship

Andrew Godefroy was born in
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
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Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
and attended Concordia University where he studied Canadian military history. His undergraduate thesis was a study of executions of Canadian soldiers for military crimes in the First World War. He completed a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in War Studies at the
Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...
. His graduate and post-graduate studies focused on aerospace history and the Canadian rocketry and space program. Godefroy held the Canadian Visiting Research Fellowship in th
Changing Character of Warfare Program
at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
in 2009. His research focused on change in the British, American, and Canadian armies since the Cold War period.


Publications

Godefroy's first book, a study of the death penalty in Canada's Canadian Expeditionary Force, was published in 1998. His published doctoral dissertation examined the origins and evolution of Canada's defence space program. His post-graduate dissertation examined defence innovation amongst the main Western allies, specifically, America, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (ABCANZ).


Books

''For Freedom and Honour? The Story of 25 Canadians Executed During the Great War'' (Ottawa: CEF Books) 1998. ''Bush Warfare: The Early Writings of General Sir William C.G. Heneker KCB KCMG DSO'' (Kingston: The Army Publishing Office) 2009.
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''Great War Commands: Perspectives on Canadian Army Leadership, 1914-1918'' (Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press), 2010.
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''Defence & Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-1974'' (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press) 2011. . ''In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada's Cold War Army'' (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press) 2014. . ''The Canadian Space Program: From Black Brant to the International Space Station'' (New York: Springer-Praxis Books) 2017. .


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. (). "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. 25–3
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"Is the Sky Falling? Canada's Defence Space Program at the Crossroads", ''Canadian Military Journal'' Vol.1 No.2 (Summer 2000), pp. 51–5
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"Chasing the Silver Bullet: The Evolution of Capability Development in the Canadian Army" ''Canadian Military Journal'' Vol.8 No.1 (Spring 2007), pp. 53–6
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"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. 53–5
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"Allies in Orbit: Files From the RCAF's Cold War Space Program", Air Force Magazine. Vol.37 No.1 (2013), pp. 32–37.


References

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