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200 10$aKalashnikov culture$b[electronic resource] $esmall arms proliferation and irregular warfare /$fChristopher Carr
210  1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Security International,$d2008.
210  2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024.
215   $a1 online resource (201 p.)
225 1 $aPSI reports
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-313-34614-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aKalashnikov enculturation -- Kalashnikov in the culture : the role of the gun -- Kalashnikov traffic : trading arms -- Kalashnikov commerce : the AK as economic instrument -- Pakistan : the prototypical kalashnikov culture -- Pastoral warriors : cattle raiders of East Africa -- Gangsta warriors -- A tradition of arms : Yemen -- Kalashnikov islands -- Kalashnikov counterculture : control and disarmament -- Kalashnikov future.
330   $aThis work is a bridge between the failed/weak states' literature and that which examines issues relating to small arms proliferation.  Carr investigates the cultural impact of the availability of these easy-to-come-by weapons. This cultural dynamic has a direct, and deadly impact on issues such as arms control, illegal and illicit trading, gun cultures, the nexus between criminality and militia warfare and the social impact of arms proliferation, and the struggle for weak states who attempt to govern. The case studies will appeal to those with regional or comparative interests.  Although the t
410  0$aPSI reports (Westport, Conn.)
606   $aAK-47 rifle
606   $aArms control
606   $aAsymmetric warfare
606   $aFirearms industry and trade
606   $aIllegal arms transfers
615  0$aAK-47 rifle.
615  0$aArms control.
615  0$aAsymmetric warfare.
615  0$aFirearms industry and trade.
615  0$aIllegal arms transfers.
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700   $aCarr$b Christopher$f1947-$01121459
801  0$bDLC
801  1$bDLC
906   $aBOOK
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996   $aKalashnikov culture$93828737
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