Dimensions
162 x 240 x 24mm
It's been called the $10 weapon of mass destruction, and it's done more to change the landscape of modern war than any weapon except the atomic bomb.
In every hot spot since World War II, the terrain may change but America's enemy always remains the same: a young man with an AK-47.
In this fascinating book, Larry Kahaner tells the story of this ubiquitous and deadly weapon, contrasting it with the admittedly inferior M-16 and chronicling the role of the AK-47 has played in conflicts from Vietnam and Iraq to Rwanda and Colombia.
