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Andrew Barrett Godefroy | |
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Born | (1972-05-02) May 2, 1972 (age 52) Montreal, Quebec |
Occupation | Scholar |
Alma mater | Concordia University (BA) Royal Military College of Canada (MA, PhD) |
Genre | Science and technology, military history, and strategy |
Website | |
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Andrew Barrett Godefroy CD is a Canadian strategic analyst and "science and technology historian."
Early life and educationβ»
Andrew Godefroy was born in Montreal, Quebec, 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 theββFirst World War. He completed a Master's degree and a PhD in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. 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 the Changing Character of Warfare Programme at the University of Oxford in 2009. His research focused on change in the British, "American," and Canadian armies since the Cold War period.
Publicationsβ»
Godefroy's first book, a study of the death penalty in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, was published in 1998. His doctoral dissertation examined the origins and evolution of Canada's defence space program. His post-graduate dissertation examined defence innovation among the main Western allies, specifically America, "Britain," Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (ABCANZ).
Booksβ»
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (1998). For Freedom and Honour?: The Story of the 25 Canadian Volunteers Executed in the First World War. Ottawa: CEF Books. ISBN 1-896979-22-X.
- Godefroy, Andrew, ed. (2009). Bush Warfare: The Early Writings of General Sir William C.G. Heneker, KCB, KCMG, DSO (PDF). Kingston: St. Joseph Print Group. ISBN 978-1-100-10301-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2011.
- Godefroy, Andrew, ed. (2010). Great War Commands: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Army Leadership, 1914β1918 (PDF). Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press. ISBN 978-1-100-15601-9. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2011). Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945β74. Studies in Canadian military history. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1959-6. ISSN 1499-6251.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (2014). In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada's Cold War Army. Studies in Canadian military history. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-2702-7. ISSN 1499-6251.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2017). The Canadian Space Program: From Black Brantββto the International Space Station. New York: Springer Praxis Books. ISBN 978-3-319-40104-1.
Selected book chaptersβ»
- Godefroy, Andrew (2005). "Orbital Asset/Overhead Menace? Space Power and Special Operations". In Last, David (ed.). Choice of Force: Special Operations for Canada. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 205β218.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2005). "An Overview of Fictional Writing and the Canadian Army of the Future". In Schroeder, Karl (ed.). Crisis in Zefra: Directorate of Land Concepts and Doctrine (PDF). Kingston: Department of National Defence. pp. 127β134. ISBN 0-662-40643-5. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2006). "The Intangible Defence: Canada's Militarization and Weaponization of Space". In Horn, Bernd (ed.). The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 327β357. ISBN 9781550026122.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2006). "Canadian Military Effectiveness in the First World War". In Horn, Bernd (ed.). The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 169β194. ISBN 9781550026122.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2007). "Trenches Should Never Be Saved: The 4th Canadian Division at Vimy Ridge". In Hayes, Geoffrey; Iarocci, Andrew; Bechthold, Mike (eds.). Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 211β224. ISBN 9781554580958.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2007). "The German Army at Vimy Ridge". In Hayes, Geoffrey; Iarocci, Andrew; Bechthold, Mike (eds.). Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 225β238. ISBN 9781554580958.
- Gizewski, Peter; Godefroy, Andrew (2007). "Chapter 7: Force Requirements (Land)". In MacDonald, Brian (ed.). Defence Requirements for Canada's Arctic (PDF). Vimy Paper 2007. Ottawa: The Conference of Defence Associations Institute. ISBN 978-0-9698881-6-1. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (2007). "Chapter 2: Portrait of a Battalion Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel George Stuart Tuxford at the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915". In Horn, Bernd (ed.). Intrepid Warriors: Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders (PDF). Kingston and Toronto: Canadian Defence Academy Press and Dundurn Press. pp. 59β74. ISBN 978-1-55002-711-2. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2008). "Chapter 7: Daring Innovation: The Canadian Corps and Trench Raiding on the Western Front". In Horn, Bernd (ed.). Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1550028164.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2009). "A Clash of Wills: The Canadian Struggle for Mount Sorrell, 2 June 1916". In Horn, Bernd (ed.). Fortune Favours the Brave: Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 175β200. ISBN 9781550028416.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2012). "Wartime Military Innovation and the Creation of Canada's Defence Research Board". In Hayes, Geoff; Bechthold, Mike; Symes, Matt (eds.). Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 199β218. ISBN 9781554586455.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2013). "Prometheus Bound: Canada's Defence Space Program in the Year 2025". In Granatstein, Jack L. (ed.). The Canadian Forces in 2025: Prospects and Problems. Victoria, BC: FriesenPress. pp. 107β134. ASIN B00BAXH7RU. ISBN 9781460216286.
Selected articlesβ»
- Godefroy, Andrew (Spring 1999). "A Lesson in Success: The Calonne Trench Raid, 17 January 1917" (PDF). Canadian Military History. 8 (2). Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada: 25β34. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (Summer 2000). "Is the Sky Falling? Canada's Defence Space Program at the Crossroads" (PDF). Canadian Military Journal. 1 (2). Canadian Armed Forces: 51β58. ISSN 1492-0786. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (Spring 2007). "Chasing the Silver Bullet: the Evolution of Capability Development in the Canadian Army" (PDF). Canadian Military Journal. 8 (2). Canadian Armed Forces: 53β66. ISSN 1492-0786.
- Godefroy, Andrew (Fall 2008). "From Gentleman Cadet to No Known Grave: The Life and Death of Lieutenant Franklin Sharp Rankin, 1894β1916" (PDF). The Canadian Air Force Journal. 1 (3). Chief of the Air Staff: 11β19. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Ruff, Alex; Godefroy, Andrew (Fall 2008). "Forging Land Forces for the Army of TomorrowβThe Battle Group 2021 Study" (PDF). The Canadian Army Journal. 11 (3). Canadian Army: 11β19. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (Spring 2008). "A Force of Reason: Canada, Central America. And the Grupo de Observadores de la Naciones Unidas para Centro America (ONUCA), 1983β1992" (PDF). Canadian Military History. 17 (2). Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada: 5β20. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (Winter 2008). "Canadian Soldiers in West African Conflicts, 1885β1905" (PDF). Canadian Military History. 17 (1). Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada: 21β36. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew (Autumn 2009). "The Royal Military College of Canada and the Education of Officers for the Great War" (PDF). Canadian Military History. 18 (4). Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada: 17β31. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (Summer 2009). "For Queen, King and Empire: Canadians Recruited into the British Army, 1858β1944". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 87 (350). Society for Army Historical Research: 135β149. JSTOR 44232821.
- Godefroy, Andrew (2010). "Letting Clausewitz Go: The Lesson the Canadian Army Must Learn From Afghanistan" (PDF). Canadian Military Journal. 10 (3). Canadian Armed Forces: 53β58. ISSN 1492-0786. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- Godefroy, Andrew B. (2013). "Allies in Orbit: Files From the RCAF's Cold War Space Program". Airforce Magazine. Vol. 37, no. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force Association. pp. 32β37.
Referencesβ»
- Canadian Army officers
- 20th-century Canadian historians
- 21st-century Canadian historians
- Canadian military historians
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- Concordia University alumni
- Writers from Montreal
- Royal Military College of Canada alumni
- Historians of World War I
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Military personnel from Montreal