Full name: AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War

Author: Larry Kahaner Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780471726418 9780470168806 0471726419 0470168803

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. This is not a 'gun book' per se but a look at how this weapon has changed the world. Similar books: The Gun by C. J. Chivers 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff WAR by Sebastian Junger Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie A World Undone by G. J. Meyer The Arsenal of Democracy by A. J. Baime The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury