Episode 3 — Age of the Kalashnikov. From the trenches of two world wars to the anti-colonial uprisings of the 20th century, the AK-47 becomes the people's weapon and the defining symbol of modern asymmetric warfare.
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At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation.
Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences its creators never imagined. This is the history of one of the world’s deadliest inventions, a story of technological innovation, the industrial revolution, and political power.
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun, is a sweeping look at the rise of the American empire.
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