The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I

The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War IDescription 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

believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise

But during the Hundred Days campaign at the end of the Great War

Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps’ call for women operators to help overseas

fearless mechanics

felt themselves especially constrained by Article XIX (the fortification clause) of the Washington Naval Treaty that implemented a status quo on naval fortifications in the Western Pacific

After the defeat of Russia in 1917

This book is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the origins

Largely forgotten in the confines of history

illuminating the transformation of American attitudes toward music both European and American

revealing their strategies of survival and negotiation

and how to inspire others

The game’s structure and fabric faced existential challenges as fundamental questions were asked about its place and value in English society