Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today

Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of TodayDescription by Anna Feigenbaum Paperback More than a hundred years ago, French troops fired the first tear gas grenades at the German enemy. Designed to force people out from cover, tear gas causes tearing and gagging, burning the eyes and skin. Its use has ended in miscarriages, permanent injuries, and death. While all but a few countries have agreed that it is illegal to manufacture, stockpile, or use chemical weapons of war, tear gas continues to

The two great conflicts in the book are the physical combat of war and the psychological combat of racism

This is a detailed study of some 150 unpublished and never before seen images of soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and the Army of Occupation taken in France and Germany during and after World War I

one of the last of its kind in history

the French government’s highest military honor

Once beyond the watchtowers and round-the-clock patrols

poetic descriptions with the mundane

and a colorful corps of local after-hours historians and archeologists who tirelessly explore these sites and preserve the memories they embody while patiently waiting for Americans to return and reclaim their own history and heritage

including work by Remarque

and Palestine―as well as the people of Turkey

which provides clear instructions and recipes for canning and preserving using the simplified cold-pack method

in association with the World War One Historical Association

dramatic photographic narrative captures the war from the early arms race that developed around the massing of prewar battleship fleets to the final moments of the conflict with the sinking of the German fleet in Scapa