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The Gun

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In a tour de force, prize-winning New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through WWI, Vietnam, to present day Afghanistan when Kalashnikovs and their...

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At a secret arms-design contest in Stalin's Soviet Union, army technicians submitted a stubby rifle with a curved magazine. Dubbed the AK-47, it was selected as the Eastern Bloc's standard arm. Scoffed at in the Pentagon as crude and unimpressive, it was in fact a breakthrough...

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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...

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The Gun: The AK-47 And The Evolution of War

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