The Gun

by C.J. Chivers

Book Overview

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 ;a 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743270762
• ISBN13: 9780743270762
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"