Trigger Issues: Kalashnikov
ISBN-13: 9781904456308
Contributor(s): Gideon Burrows
Subject: Politics & Government
Publisher Imprint: New Internationalist
Publication Date: 05-10-2006
Format: Paperback
Availability: Out of stock
£4.99
About the book
There are over 90 million AK-47s in the world. Now made in dozens of countries, it has been fired in hundreds of conflicts since its introduction. It is reputed to be the most effective weapon ever invented. This volume explores the history of this lethal gun and its cultural symbolism. Its direct social effects have swept across whole continents: its has given its name to a brand of vodka, a rap artist and a chess move. In contrast, campaigns around the world are removing guns from gangs and communities.