Buy this book on-line Kahaner, Larry : AK-47 : The Weapon That Changed the Face of WarJohn Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, 2007 ISBN 9780470168806
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. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kahaner, Larry : AK-47 : The Weapon That Changed the Face of War. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, rare books, libri rari, livres illustrées and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |