The gun /
Chivers, C. J.
The gun / C.J. Chivers. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. - 481 p., 14 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : the mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle -- A note about the M16 series of rifles in 2010.
9780743270762 0743270762 9780743271738
2010020459
AK-47 rifle--History.
War--History.
Machine guns--Technological innovations--History.
Firearms--Technological innovations--History.
UD395.A16 / C47 2010
623.4/424
The gun / C.J. Chivers. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. - 481 p., 14 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : the mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle -- A note about the M16 series of rifles in 2010.
9780743270762 0743270762 9780743271738
2010020459
AK-47 rifle--History.
War--History.
Machine guns--Technological innovations--History.
Firearms--Technological innovations--History.
UD395.A16 / C47 2010
623.4/424