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The gun
Author
Title
The gun / C.J. Chivers.
ISBN
9780743270762
0743270762
9781439196533 (ebk.)
1439196532 (ebk.)
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
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.
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