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

by Larry Kahaner

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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. AK-47 tells the story of this most vicious and effective weapon, and how those who wield it have changed the world. Cheap and easy to use, it is the fuel that keeps alive protracted “small wars” in Africa, Asia, South America, and the Middle East, and domestic crime almost everywhere. This book takes aim at the AK’s lethal legacy—which will continue for years to come—from a uniquely appropriate perspective: the barrel of a gun.

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Book details

Author
Larry Kahaner
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
History › Military › Weapons
Topics
Kalashnikov rifle · weapons history · military history · small wars · gun proliferation · global conflict
ISBN-13
9780470168806 (Paperback)9780471726418 (Hardcover)

About the author

LARRY KAHANER is an American journalist, author, and ghostwriter who has written more than fifteen nonfiction books. His recent books include AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War and Competitive Intelligence.

Kahaner has received the Jesse M. Neal National Business Journalism Award, the American Society of Business Publication Editors Regional Gold Award, and an Associated Press Newswriting Award. He holds a Master of Science in journalism from Boston University and served as a Washington correspondent for BusinessWeek magazine and as a founding editor of Communications Daily.

When he’s not writing, Kahaner contributes to publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor, and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and CBS Evening News. This deep engagement with current affairs shapes his nonfiction work.

Larry lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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