Andrew Godefroy
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Andrew Godefroy, CD, M.A., Ph.D. (born 1972) is a strategic analyst and historian who specializes in leadership, innovation, technology, systems approach studies, and operational design and analysis. He is well known for his work on technology and culture, Canadian space, aerospace, and missile defence issues, as well as the history and evolution of Canada's military and defence research organizations.
Dr. Godefroy has written books, several book chapters, scholarly articles, and dedicated studies on policy, technology, culture, and history for organizations including the Department of National Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian Forces College Toronto, the Royal Military College of Canada, and the Canadian Space Agency.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Andrew Godefroy is a graduate of Loyola College, Concordia University and the Royal Military College of Canada (where he received his M.A. and Ph.D.). His graduate work examined U.S.-Canada cooperation in space and missile defence programs, while his post-graduate dissertation work examined the relationship between science and technology, defence, and government, using the genesis and evolution of Canada's rocket and space program 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 role in outer space since the advent of the space age.
Andrew was a research fellow at the Centre for Space Research at the Royal Military College of Canada, as well as a strategic analyst, policy officer, and technology advisor on defence space programs, Canada-US defence space cooperation, and civil-military space cooperation for the Directorate of Space Development, Department of National Defence, between 1998 and 2004. In 2006 he was contracted by the Canadian space agency as its first official historian, and completed an official survey history of the Canadian space program in March 2007.
He has also served as a member of the Canadian Army Primary Reserve since 1990 in regimental, operational, staff, and headquarters duties. He has held a commission since 1993 and currently holds the rank of Major. He has been involved in joint operations as well as military innovation and conceptual and doctrinal design work since 2000. In 2004 he became editor of The Canadian Army Journal and the Director of the Fort Frotenac Army Library. In 2006 he was made a member of the adjunct faculty at the Royal Military College of Canada. He has written books, book chapters, and several scholarly articles on subjects related to the Canadian Army, and has made regular appearances on television and other media speaking on these subjects as well.
Dr. Godefroy is a recipient of the Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian Battlefields Foundation Bursary, as well as several Security and Defence Forum scholarships.
[edit] Books
For Freedom and Honour? The Story of 25 Canadians Executed During the Great War ISBN 1-896979-22-X (1998)
Canada's Missile and Defence Space Programs, 1947-1997 (forthcoming 2007)
Maple Leaf in Orbit: An Official History of the Canadian Space Program (St. Hubert: Canadian Space Agency, 2007)
[edit] 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.
[edit] Scholarly/Academic Articles
“William Notman and the British Army in Canada”. The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society of England. No. 37, 1, (Spring 1998): 27-30.
“Executions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918”, STAND TO! Journal of the Western Front Association. (April 1998): pp.19-24.
“The Modern Umbrella: Space Assets As a Force Multiplier in Land Warfare”, The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin: Canada’s Professional Journal on Army Issues. Vol. No.2 (November 1998), 18-22.
“A Gentleman Cadet at War: Captain William Henry Victor Van der Smissen”, STAND TO! Journal of the Western Front Association. (September 2000), 21-26.
“A Lesson in Success: The Calonne Trench Raid, January 17th, 1917”, Canadian Military History. Vol. 8 No.2 (Spring 1999): pp.25-34.
“Canada’s Strategy for Space, 1985-1999”, Strategic Datalink #82. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, November 1999.
“Is the Sky Falling? Canada’s Defence Space Program at the Crossroads”, Canadian Military Journal Vol.1: 2 (Summer 2000), 53-60.
“Enter the Draco: An Emerging Space Power in China”, Strategic Datalink, Toronto: CISS, 2001.
“Getting Down to Earth: Why the Land Force Needs Space Doctrine”, Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin, Vol.3:1 (Spring 2000), 79-80.
“The Canadian Armed Forces Advisory Training Team Tanzania”. Canadian Military History. Vol.11:3 (Summer 2002), 31-48.
“In Defence of the Well Read Soldier (and Starship Troopers)”. Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin. Vol.5:3 (Fall 2002), 91-92.
“Canada’s Early Space Policy Development, 1958-1974”, Space Policy, Vol.19:3 (August 2003), 137-141.
“Professional Training Put to the Test: RMC and Army Leadership in South Africa, 1899-1902”, Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin. Vol.6:2 (Summer 2003), 5-13.
“Cooperation or Security? The Emergence of Space Programs in Latin America”, JBIS, Vol.56 No.11/12 (Nov/Dec 2003), 405-416.
“Portrait of a Battalion Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George Stuart Tuxford at the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915”, Canadian Military Journal, (Summer 2004), 55-61.
"For Queen, King, and Empire: Canadians Recruited into the British Army, 1858-1944" (forthcoming).
"Chasing the Silver Bullet: The Evolution of Capability Development in the Canadian Army", Canadian Military Journal, (Spring 2007).
