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Author:

Chivers, C. J.

Title:

The gun / C.J. Chivers.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

481 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

AK-47 rifle--History.
War--History.
Machine guns--History.--History.
Firearms--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Origins -- The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- Invention and distribution -- Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : mass production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath : consequences of the AK-47's global spread -- The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle.

Summary:

In a tour de force, a prize-winning "New York Times" reporter traces the invention and mass distribution of the assault rifle, and its effects on war.

ISBN:

0743270762
9780743270762

LCCN:

2010020459

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