Progress of War

About the Book

This book consists of fifteen cartoons inspired by an 1866 Harper’s Weekly article about the hypothetical length of the Thirty Years’ War at different periods in time and extending into the future when both sides had developed the ultimate weapons to end all wars. Of course, war is inspired by the devil.

About the Author

I was born in New York City in 1928. Shortly thereafter, I moved with my family to the Catskill Mountains. I completed high school in 1946 and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in 1950. In 1953, I received a master of science degree in physics. I worked at the Westinghouse Bettis Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working on power plants for submarines. In October 1962, I became interested in nuclear rocketry and moved to Canoga Park, California, to be part of a team to design a rocket mission to Mars. In 1974, I moved to Long Island and worked at the Brookhaven National Laboratory until retirement, at which time I took up writing. My book Shandelee was published in 2009; Andrew Johnson’s Circle Trip, in 2011; and John Brown’s Virginia Raid, in January 2013.