Feigenbaum, Anna, author.

Tear gas : from the battlefields of World War I to the streets of today / Anna Feigenbaum.

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2017.
©2017

218 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

"The story of how a chemical weapon went from the battlefield to the streets. One hundred years ago, French troops fired tear gas grenades into German trenches. Designed to force people out from behind barricades and trenches, tear gas causes burning of the eyes and skin, tearing, and gagging. Chemical weapons are now banned from war zones. But today, tear gas has become the most commonly used form of "less-lethal" police force. In 2011, the year that protests exploded from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, tear gas sales tripled. Most tear gas is produced in the United States, and many images of protestors in Tahrir Square showed tear gas canisters with "Made in USA" printed on them, while Britain continues to sell tear gas to countries on its own human-rights blacklist. An engrossing century-spanning narrative, Tear Gas is the first history of this weapon, and takes us from military labs and chemical weapons expos to union assemblies and protest camps, drawing on declassified reports and witness testimonies to show how policing with poison came to be."-- Provided by publisher.

9781784780265 (paperback)
178478026X (paperback)
(UK EBK)
9781784780272
(US EBK)
9781784780289

World War (1914-1918)
Police Equipment and supplies History.
Tear gas History.
Tear gas munitions History.
Gas industry History.
Weapons industry History.
Chemical arms control History.
World War, 1914-1918 Chemical warfare.
Police Appareils et matériel Histoire.
Gaz lacrymogènes Histoire.
Gaz Industrie Histoire.
Armes Industrie Histoire.
Armes chimiques Contrôle Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Guerre chimique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Violence in Society.
HISTORY Modern 20th Century.
Chemical arms control
Chemical warfare
Gas industry
Police Equipment and supplies
Tear gas
Tear gas munitions
Weapons industry
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.

History

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 299659
Cote: BIB 245810
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