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The Gun: The Story of the AK-47
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The AK-47, or ‘Kalashnikov’, is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare.C. J. Chivers’s extraordinary new book tells an alternative history of the world as seen through these terrible weapons. He traces them back to their origins in the early experiments of Gatling and Maxim, and examines the first appearance of the machine-gun. The quest for ever greater firepower and mobility culminated in the AK-47 at the beginning of the Cold War, a weapon so remarkable that, over sixty years after its invention and having broken free of all state control, it has become central to civil wars all over the world.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.368 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.3 × 13.3 × 20.1 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 512 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2011-11-24 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0141020636 |
| About The Author | C.J. (Christopher John) Chivers is a senior writer for the New York Times and its former Moscow Bureau Chief. He was an infantry officer in the US Marines from 1988 to 1994 and served in the First Gulf War. He is the recipient of numerous prizes including a shared Pulitzer for International Reporting in 2009 for coverage of the war in Afghanistan. He has reported from many of the major war-torn areas of the world. He lives with his family in Rhode Island. |
With impelling force, C. J. Chivers tells a remarkable story of how this one, superbly reliable firearm became the most abundant ever produced, and was to exceed the consequences even of Soviet nuclear know-how in the Cold War, and beyond |
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| Other text | Dazzling … startling … The Gun does exactly what the best art history or music writing does – it opens our eyes to see anew the familiar |
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