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008			100525s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010020459
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050	0	0	_aUD395.A16 _bC47 2010
082	0	0	_a623.4/424 _222nd
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
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cBOOK