The gun / C.J. Chivers.
Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: 481 p., 14 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780743270762
- 0743270762
- 9780743271738
- 623.4/424 22
- UD395.A16 C47 2010
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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.