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001 2010020459
003 DLC
005 20110216070939.0
008 100525s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010020459
020 $a9780743270762
020 $a0743270762
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aUD395.A16$bC47 2010
082 00 $a623.4/424$222
100 1 $aChivers, C. J.
245 14 $aThe gun /$cC.J. Chivers.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2010.
300 $a481 p., 14 p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOrigins. 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.
650 0 $aAK-47 rifle$xHistory.
650 0 $aWar$xHistory.
650 0 $aMachine guns$xTechnological innovations$xHistory.
650 0 $aFirearms$xTechnological innovations$xHistory.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010020459-d.html