The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth.
It is so light it can be used by children.
This book tells an alternative history of the world as seen through these terrible weapons.
It traces them back to their origins in the early experiments of Gatling and Maxim.
Penguin Books Ltd Gun. the story of the ak-47, paperback/c. j. chivers
