Notes on the Escalatory Logic of the Mid-Century Passage, 1928-1962

JFK and SAC's Curtis LeMay (center) in 1962.

I'm interested in writing a violent history of the mid-century passage that does justice to the unprecedented nature of the interwar armament race and the unprecedented stakes in the mid-century struggle; one that does not get stuck in victims’ point-of-view (a risk that comes with the terrain in writing a vio…