AK-47 changed the face of war [audio 7min]
There are as many as 100 million AK-47s in the world. At the center of modern armed conflict, the weapons have also been glorified in rap music, gangster films and on national flags. In AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War (Wiley), author Larry Kahaner traces the weapon's role in modern culture. Kahaner is interviewed by journalist Andrea Seabrook.
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