The gun
Record details
- ISBN: 1439196532 (ebk.)
- ISBN: 9781439196533 (ebk.)
- ISBN: 0743270762
- ISBN: 9780743270762
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Physical Description:
481 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | AK-47 rifle History War History Machine guns Technological innovations History Firearms Technological innovations History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 623.4424 CHI (Text) | 000091116 | Nonfiction | Available | - |