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The gun: the AK-47 and the evolution of war

By Chivers , Michael J , Christopher John;Prichard

Book information

Publisher
Simon and Schuster;Tantor Media
Year
2010
ISBN
9780743270762, 9781439196533, 9781400119141, 1400119146
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
6 MB (6086181 bytes)
Edition
Unabridged
Pages
1 sound file\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
AK-47 rifle--History;Firearms--Technological innov

Description

C.J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs.

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