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The Gun

The Gun

The Gun
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The Gun

por Chivers, C. J

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Very Good in Fine dust jacket
ISBN 10
0743270762
ISBN 13
9780743270762
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780743270762 . Two pages in the introduction with underlining; otherwise about new in crisp dust jacket. ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.70 inches; 496 pages .

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At a secret arms-design contest in Stalins Soviet Union, army technicians submitted a stubby rifle with a curved magazine. Dubbed the AK-47, it was selected as the Eastern Blocs standard arm. Scoffed at in the Pentagon as crude and unimpressive, it was in fact a breakthrougha compact automatic that could be mastered by almost anyone, last decades in the field, and would rarely jam. Manufactured by tens of millions in planned economies, it became first an instrument of repression and then the most lethal weapon of the Cold War. Soon it was in the hands of terrorists. In a searing examination of modern conflict and official folly, C. J. Chivers mixes meticulous historical research, investigative reporting, and battlefield reportage to illuminate the origins of the worlds most abundant firearm and the consequences of its spread. The result, a tour de force of history and storytelling, sweeps through the miniaturization and distribution of automatic firepower, and puts an iconic object in fuller context than ever before. The Gun dismantles myths as it moves from the nave optimism of the Industrial Revolution through the treacherous milieu of the Soviet Union to the inside records of the Taliban. Chivers tells of the 19th-century inventor in Indianapolis who designs a Civil War killing machine, insisting that more-efficient slaughter will save lives. A German attach who observes British machine guns killing Islamic warriors along the Nile advises his government to amass the weapons that would later flatten British ranks in World War I. In communist Hungary, a locksmith acquires an AK-47 to help wrest his country from the Kremlins yoke, beginning a journey to the gallows. The Pentagon suppresses the results of firing tests on severed human heads that might have prevented faulty rifles from being rushed to G.I.s in Vietnam. In Africa, a millennial madman arms abducted children and turns them on their neighbors, setting his country ablaze. Neither pro-gun nor anti-gun, The Gun builds to a terrifying sequence, in which a young man who confronts a trio of assassins is shattered by 23 bullets at close range. The man survives to ask questions that Chivers examines with rigor and flair. Throughout, The Gun animates unforgettable charactersinventors, salesmen, heroes, megalomaniacs, racists, dictators, gunrunners, terrorists, child soldiers, government careerists, and fools. Drawing from years of research, interviews, and from declassified records revealed for the first time, he presents a richly human account of an evolution in the very experience of war.

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Livreiro
B-Line Books CA (CA)
Nº do estoque do livreiro
44119
Título
The Gun
Autor
Chivers, C. J
Formato/Encadernação
Capa dura
Estado do livro
Usado - Very Good in Fine dust jacket
Edição
First Edition
ISBN 10
0743270762
ISBN 13
9780743270762
Editorial
Simon & Schuster
Local de publicação
New York
Data de publicação
2010
Palavras-chave
9780743270762

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