Title:
The gun / C.J. Chivers.
Author:
Chivers, C. J.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Call Number:
UD395.A16 C47 2010
Abstract:
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.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010020459-d.html
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
ISBN:
9780743270762
Physical Description:
481 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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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