The Ak47 Story

Author : Michael Hodges
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848947690
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AK47: The Story of the People's Gun written by Michael Hodges and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixty years since General Kalashnikov created the AK's distinctive silhouette, the gun has been at the centre of conflicts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The weapon that made him a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' has also appeared on t-shirts and vodka bottles, featured in videos and song lyrics and been re-fashioned in crystal - a gift from Putin to George W. Bush. Power, politics and passion combine in the story of a weapon that has shaped the modern world. Using testimonies of people who have experienced the gun at first-hand - including a Sudanese child soldier, a Vietcong veteran and a Yorkshire teenager - Michael Hodges provides a compelling account of how the AK47 became an icon that ranks alongside Coca-Cola as one of the most recognisable brands in the world.

Author : Edward Clinton Ezell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The AK47 Story written by Edward Clinton Ezell and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Det berømte russiske stormgevær AK 47 og andre Kalashnikov håndvåben har fundet udbredelse overalt i verden. I bogen fortælles om udviklingen af Kalashnikov-våbnene, der har rødder tilbage til konstruktører som Sergei Simonov, Fedor Tokarev og ikke mindst Vladimir Federov, der må anses som fader til sovjetiske automatvåben.

Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743271734
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gun written by C. J. Chivers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the AK-47 assault rifle, from its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, discussing how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.

Author : Larry Kahaner
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118040473
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AK-47 written by Larry Kahaner and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time—and had such a devastating effect—as the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing weapon, from its creation as means of fighting the Nazis to its ubiquity today in every kind of conflict, from civil wars in Africa to gang wars in L.A.

Author : Michael Hodges
Publisher : MacAdam/Cage Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AK47 written by Michael Hodges and published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 60 years since General Kalashnikov created the AK47’s distinctive silhouette, the gun has been at the center of conflicts across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. The weapon that made Kalashnikov “The Hero of the Soviet Union” has also appeared on T-shirts and vodka bottles, starred in videos and song lyrics, and been re-fashioned in crystal — a gift from Vladimir Putin to George W. Bush. Focusing on the testimonies of the men and women who have experienced the weapon firsthand — including a Sudanese child soldier, a Vietcong veteran, and a French photographer who has documented the carnage in the West Bank — Michael Hodges’sAK47: The Story of a Guntells the fascinating story of the world’s most ubiquitous gun, from its origins in the Soviet Union, through its rebirth in the hands of third world revolutionaries, to its current status as the brand leader in international terrorism.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849088357
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The AK-47 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.

Author : Marco Vorobiev
Publisher : Gun Digest
ISBN 13 : 9781946267108
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AK-47 - Survival and Evolution of the World's Most Prolific Gun written by Marco Vorobiev and published by Gun Digest. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by former Soviet Spetsnaz soldier and avid AK historian Marco Vorobiev, and appealing from both an historic and practical point of view, this authoritative guide will catch the attention of gun collectors and enthusiasts everywhere, especially those who collect and/or shoot AKs and other military rifles. Inside, you'll find: Verified historical data and interesting, little-known facts. Practical guide to gun features and step-by-step modernization.

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0307792358
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guns of the South written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club

Author : Mikhail Kalashnikov
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745636918
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gun that Changed the World written by Mikhail Kalashnikov and published by Polity. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it’s ‘Kalashnikov’. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-47 assault rifle became the most widely used weapon in the world: from Vietnam to Palestine, from Cuba to Iraq, it was at the heart of conflicts and struggles everywhere. It is the only firearm that has ever been depicted on a national flag – that of Mozambique, where it symbolizes liberation. Mikhail Kalashnikov himself, who was born in 1919, here tells his life story, with the help of Elena Joly, for the first time: his deportation to Siberia with his family while still a child; his time as a soldier in a tank regiment; his invention of the world’s most famous weapon and his turbulent life under Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin. This is a remarkable portrait of a man of ingenuity and vitality in the context of the often frightening and terribly unforgiving Russia of the twentieth century.

Author : John Walter
Publisher : Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 9781853673641
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kalashnikov written by John Walter and published by Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal. This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to Kalashnikov rifles.