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955 _erf07 2010-05-27 telework; to Dewey
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050 0 0 _aUD395.A16
_bC47 2010
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100 1 _aChivers, C. J.
_q(Christopher John)
245 1 4 _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 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010020459-d.html
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