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Author Chivers, C. J. (Christopher John)

Title The gun / C.J. Chivers.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  623.44 CHI    Storage
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  623.4424 CHIVERS    Check Shelf
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  623.4424 CHIVERS    Check Shelf
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Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Origins -- The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- pt. 2. Invention and distribution -- Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- pt. 3. Aftermath ; consequences of the AK-47's global spread -- The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twentieth-first century's rifle.
Subject AK-47 rifle -- History.
War -- History.
Machine guns -- Technological innovations -- History.
Firearms -- Technological innovations -- History.
ISBN 9780743270762
0743270762
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