Defence and Other Writings

Published Articles by Gerry Madigan:

• The Crucible for Change: Defence Spending in Debert, Nova Scotia, During World War II (RCAF Journal – SPRING 2016 – Volume 5, Issue 2), By Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD, MA (Retired), Reprint from the Royal Canadian Air Force Journal Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2013

• Everything old is new again – The Trials of National Defence and Canadian Forces by Major Gerry Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

• Canada First – Defence Strategy: A Retrospective Look. Too much? Too little? Or just right? by Major Gerry Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

• Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto – A case for the value of professional reading by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

• Air Power Visionaries: A Cautionary Tale for Modern Times by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

• Blackwater: The Rise of the Worlds Most Powerful Mercenary Army – Review by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

• Excerpt: Daniel O’Keefe – 60^th Bn Canadian Infantry First War – by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired), written for Rick Pyves – to be published in his current work and second, non-fiction book, Victoria Rifles of Canada – 60th Overseas Battalion in World War I.

• Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My! by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired), RCAF Journal – WINTER 2015 – Volume 4, Issue 1

Unpublished Articles by Gerry Madigan:

• There Is Nothing New Under The Sun by Major Gerry D. Madigan, CD1, MA (Retired)

Book Reviews by Gerry Madigan:

• Book review Gordon W. Prange, (with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon), Pearl Harbor – The Verdict of History, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986

• Stephen Roskill, Churchill and the Admirals, Pen and Sword Maritime, 2013 paperback

• Jeffrey Williams, Bing of Vimy – General and Governor General, published by Pen Sword Military Books, 2014

• Book Reviews of Multiple readings Maritime Warfare WWII –  Part 1

• Book Review of Summer 2020 Readings Bombing Campaign – Part 2

• W. Denis Whitaker (D.S.O.) & Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War – The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp, Stoddart, 1984

• David Halton, Dispatches from the Front – Matthew Halton, Canada’s Voice at War, McClelland and Stewart, 2014

• Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall, Stoddart, 1988 (paperback), 490 pg.

• Philippe Bauduin, Hitler’s Spyplane Over Normandy – The World First Jet

• Nick Thomas, Sniper of the Skies – The Story of George Frederick ‘Screwball’ Beurling

• Richard R Pyves, Courage, Sacrifice and Betrayal 2018

• Michael L. Hadley, U-Boats against Canada-German Submarines in Canadian Waters, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1985