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AK-47 : The Weapon That Changed the Face of War
by Kahaner, Larry
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0470168803
- ISBN 13
- 9780470168806
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About This Item
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. A fascinating history of the development and usage spread of the Soviet Avtomat-Kalashnikov AK-47 infantry assault rifle - based upon the Nazi German 'Sturmgewehr' of World War Two and the world's first assault rifle - and then improved upon by the Soviet developers, ultimately producing a very reliable, relatively simple, and highly durable weapon suitable for usage in all conditions and everywhere, and popularly used throughout the Third World in a variety of insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorist actions - and still widely in use today. Softcover, illustrated, notes, indexed, 258pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00016049
- Title
- AK-47 : The Weapon That Changed the Face of War
- Author
- Kahaner, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0470168803
- ISBN 13
- 9780470168806
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- WEAPONS, INFANTRY ASSAULT RIFLES, GENERAL MILITARY, WORLD WAR TWO II 2, STURMGEWEHR, AVTOMAT-KALASHNIKOV, THIRD WORLD, TERRORISTS, TERROR, TERRORISM, INSURGENCY, COUNTER-INSURGENCY, REBELS, GUERRILLAS, VIETNAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; General Military; Vietnam;
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