The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography A People's Tragedy is a

A People's Tragedy is a masterful and original synthesis by a mature scholar

the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army

The result is history as both narrative and recollection

Assigned to be an "observer

"--Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography A People's Tragedy is aDescription By Jim Leeke Hardcover When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, the U. S. Army created an entirely new branch: the Chemical Warfare Service. The army turned to trained chemists and engineers to lead the chargeand called on an array of others, including baseball players, to fill out