…the blueprints instead of shipping examples to its satellites, and then when all the assorted states using it collapsed they lost control of their stockpiles. A good book for the history of it is The Gun (https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734). Its essential point is that weapons of war are usually very durable goods, and outlive the geopolitical purposes for which they are produced and…
This is a great book about the AK-47, the big "alternative" to the M16: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734 The Author, C.J. Chivers, writes an interesting blog for the NY Times where they attempt to ID munitions from the battlefield in Africa, Syria, etc. http://cjchivers.com/
everyone with any interest in the AK-47 should read http://cjchivers.com/aboutthegun (The Gun, by CJ Chivers). Although it spends a lot of time examining historical contexts for machine guns, and assault rifles in general - the AK-47 stuff is great. The comparison with the M-16 in particular…
C. J. Chivers 写的《The Gun》是一本很有趣的书，涵盖了大量关于 AK-47 制造的内容。卡拉什尼科夫是个非常有意思的人物，深陷冷战话语体系之中，而且经常说出前后矛盾的……
"The Gun" by C. J. Chivers was an interesting book that covered a lot of the making of the AK-47. Kalashnikov was a very interesting character who was wrapped up in cold war rhetoric and who frequently said contradictory…
"The Gun" by C.J. Chivers (https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734) I read it not so much as a historical text but as a story about dramatic shifts in power attributed to technological advancement…
接受一亿支枪的鸣枪致敬？我强烈推荐《纽约时报》记者 CJ Chivers 写的卡拉什尼科夫历史书《The Gun》。[他的博客和文章也都很棒]。类卡拉什尼科夫枪支或许可以比作……
To be honoured by a 100-million-gun salute? I'd highly recommend "The Gun", a history of the Kalashnikov by New York Times journalist CJ Chivers. [his blog and articles are also excellent]. Kalashnikov-like guns are maybe comparable to…
……给它的卫星国发的是图纸而不是样枪，结果等使用它的各个国家分崩离析时，他们就对武器库存失去了控制。讲这段历史的一本好书是《The Gun》（https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734）。它的核心观点是，战争武器通常是极耐用的耐用品，其寿命远超制造它们时的地缘政治目的，并且……
…the blueprints instead of shipping examples to its satellites, and then when all the assorted states using it collapsed they lost control of their stockpiles. A good book for the history of it is The Gun (https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734). Its essential point is that weapons of war are usually very durable goods, and outlive the geopolitical purposes for which they are produced and…
这是一本关于 AK-47 的好书，也就是 M16 的那个重大“对手”：http://www.amazon.com/The-Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734。作者 C.J. Chivers 在《纽约时报》写一个很有意思的博客，他们在那里尝试辨认来自非洲、叙利亚等战场的军火弹药。http://cjchivers.com/
This is a great book about the AK-47, the big "alternative" to the M16: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734 The Author, C.J. Chivers, writes an interesting blog for the NY Times where they attempt to ID munitions from the battlefield in Africa, Syria, etc. http://cjchivers.com/
凡是对 AK-47 感兴趣的人都该去读读 http://cjchivers.com/aboutthegun（CJ Chivers 写的《The Gun》）。尽管它花了大量篇幅探讨机枪以及通用突击步枪的历史背景——但关于 AK-47 的部分写得极棒。尤其是和 M-16 的对比……
everyone with any interest in the AK-47 should read http://cjchivers.com/aboutthegun (The Gun, by CJ Chivers). Although it spends a lot of time examining historical contexts for machine guns, and assault rifles in general - the AK-47 stuff is great. The comparison with the M-16 in particular…
C. J. Chivers 写的《The Gun》是一本很有趣的书，涵盖了大量关于 AK-47 制造的内容。卡拉什尼科夫是个非常有意思的人物，深陷冷战话语体系之中，而且经常说出前后矛盾的……
"The Gun" by C. J. Chivers was an interesting book that covered a lot of the making of the AK-47. Kalashnikov was a very interesting character who was wrapped up in cold war rhetoric and who frequently said contradictory…
C.J. Chivers 的《The Gun》（https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734），比起历史文献，我更多是把它当作一个关于技术进步引发权力格局巨变的故事来读的……
"The Gun" by C.J. Chivers (https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734) I read it not so much as a historical text but as a story about dramatic shifts in power attributed to technological advancement…
接受一亿支枪的鸣枪致敬？我强烈推荐《纽约时报》记者 CJ Chivers 写的卡拉什尼科夫历史书《The Gun》。[他的博客和文章也都很棒]。类卡拉什尼科夫枪支或许可以比作……
To be honoured by a 100-million-gun salute? I'd highly recommend "The Gun", a history of the Kalashnikov by New York Times journalist CJ Chivers. [his blog and articles are also excellent]. Kalashnikov-like guns are maybe comparable to…