205 With the continuing violence in Iraq Oliver Poole, “The Iraqi GP: Stethoscope and AK-47,” The Age, May 19, 2005.
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212 Years earlier, Kalashnikov had felt Kalashnikov, From a Stranger’s Doorstep, 444.
213 Viktor was more outspoken and bitter “Kalashnikov Inventor Wants Peace; Recalls Soviets Nostalgically,” Agence France-Presse, May 7, 2000.
215 Even commercial high-end artists and designers joined the AK design movement E-mail to author from Starck representative.
215 The founders of the online photography magazine AK47 E-mail to author from Joerg Diekmann.
216 The fact that AKs enjoyed Dave Graham, “Kalashnikov Sets Sights on Superbrand,” Reuters, February 17, 2003.
217 Still, the AK mystique grew stronger Playboy, January 2004.
220 The Kalashnikov 41-proof vodka “Russian Routlette,” Growing Business, June 2004.
222 In interviews after the reception Vicky Allan, “Kalashnikov Calls New Kinds of Shots,” Sunday Herald (Scotland), September 26, 2004. See also “Kalashnikov Launches Liquid Weapon,” CNN.com, September 20, 2004. (Notes 129-132 include material from an author phone interview with Florey.)
223 Florey argued that the Kalashnikov brand was based John Ness, “Swords into Vodka,” Newsweek International, November 22, 2004.
224 Florey put Kalashnikov out front to help “Britain’s Kalashnikov Vodka to Change Name after Anti-Violence Campaign,” Reuters, January 15, 2005. See also Adam Jones, “Lobby Sets Sights on Kalashnikov Vodka,” Financial Times, October 26, 2004.
224 The group’s assessment was both good and bad news Report of Panel Meeting, January, 21, 2005.
226 That same year Billy Hidge, “Killing Machine,” Stuff, April, 2005
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230 Kalashnikov lobbied heavily See Shilin and Cutshaw, Legends and Realities of the AK, 144.
234 In 2002 Kate Connolly, “Kalashnikov: ‘I wish I’d made a Lawn-mower,’” Guardian (UK), July 30, 2002.
INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
A
Abidjan Accord
Abizaid, John
Afghanistan
bin Laden, Osama
Soviet Union invades
United States invades
Africa. See also specific African countries
AK-47
cold war
Liberia
Mozambique
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Somalia
United Nations arms control
Ahmed, Abdullahi Yusuf
Aidid, Mohammed Farrah
AK-47. See also ammunition and cartridges; ballistics
Afghanistan war (Soviet Union)
Afghanistan war (United States)
Africa
arms trade
cartridges
cold war
criminal violence
culture
design of
effectiveness of
Iraq war
Latin America
law enforcement equipped with
M-14 rifle compared
modifications to
M-16 rifle compared
proliferation of
prototypes of
replacement of
Soviet Union
U.S. arms trade
Vietnam War
warfare
AK-47 (film)
AK-47 (magazine)
AK-47 Story, The (Ezell)
AKM (AK Modernized)
AK-MP3 Jukebox
AK-74
Albania
al-Qaeda
Amin, Hafizullah
ammunition and cartridges. See also AK-47; ballistics
AK-47
Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.
nomenclature of
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
physics of
Soviet Union
submachine guns
United Kingdom
United States
weapons marking
Andropov, Yuri
Angola
Annan, Kofi
AN-94 (Russian assault rifle)
Apache attack helicopter
Ap Bac, Battle of (Vietnam)
Arbulú, Guillermo
AR-15 rifle
Arisaka round
ArmaLite
arms trade. See also diamond trade; drug trade; gun control
Afghanistan war (Soviet Union)
Africa
AK-47
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Colombia
Iran-Contra scandal
Latin America
Peru
Russia
Venezuela
art, AK-47. See also culture
AR-10 rifle
Arusha Accords
ATACMS rockets
atomic bomb
Automatic Kalashnikov (film)
automatic rifles, Soviet Union
B
ballistics
cartridges
submachine guns
Bank of America siege
Bao Ping Ma
Barr, Bob
Batista, Fulgencio
BBC network
Belgium
ammunition
World War II
Bennett, William
bin Laden, Osama
Black, Chris
Black Hawk Down (film)
“Black Hawk Down” incident
Blair, Tony
blitzkrieg tactic, World War II
Bloomfield, Lincoln, Jr.
body armor
Boland Amendment (U.S.)
Bollywood
Bolton, John
Bout, Victor
Boutelle, Richard S.
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
branding
Brazil, weapons marking
Bremer, L. Paul
Brenes Jarquin, Carlos Alberto
Brezhnev, Leonid
Bromige, David
Brown, Robert K.
Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning pistol
Bryansk, Battle of (Soviet Union)
Buchanan, James
Buchanan, Thomas
Bulgaria
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Burkina Faso
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
C
Cage, Nicolas
Calero, Adolfo
Canada, ammunition
carbine, design of
Carten, Fred
Carter, Jimmy
cartridges. See ammunition and cartridges ; ballistics
Casey, William
Castano, Carlos
Castro, Fidel
Caulfield, Matthew P.
Central Institute for Precision Machine Building (TsNIITochmash)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Afghanistan war (Soviet Union)
arms trade
bin Laden, Osama
drug trade
Iran-Contra scandal
Langley, Virginia, shootings
Vietnam War
Chamorro, Violeta
Chamorro Cardenal, Pedro Joaquin
Chapman, Nathan Ross
Chávez, Hugo
Chernenko, Konstantin
Childers, Therrel “Shane,”