{"product_id":"the-gun-that-changed-the-world","title":"The Gun that Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Gun that Changed the World (Hardcover, 224 pages) – Polity, 2006. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it’s ‘Kalashnikov’. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-47 assault rifle became the most widely used weapon in the world: from Vietnam to Palestine, from Cuba to Iraq, it was at the heart of conflicts and struggles everywhere. It is the only firearm that has ever been depicted on a national flag – that of Mozambique, where it symbolizes liberation. \u003cp\u003eMikhail Kalashnikov himself, who was born in 1919, here tells his life story, with the help of Elena Joly, for the first time: his deportation to Siberia with his family while still a child; his time as a soldier in a tank regiment; his invention of the world’s most famous weapon and his turbulent life under Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin. This is a remarkable portrait of a man of ingenuity and vitality in the context of the often frightening and terribly unforgiving Russia of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Mikhail Kalashnikov, Elena Joly, Andrew Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069935112426,"sku":"9780745636924","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/6159tHM8GGL._SY522.jpg?v=1781232509","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/the-gun-that-changed-the-world","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}