AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War
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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.
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,”
children
Africa
Latin America
South Asia
China
AK-47
arms trade
Rwanda genocide
United Nations arms control
warfare
weapons marking
Cholm, Battle of (Soviet Union)
Churchill, Winston
Clapsaddle, Eric
Clinton, William J.
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)
Cocktail (film)
cold war
Afghanistan
Africa
AK-47
Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
United States
Collins, Joe L.
Colombia
guerilla activities in
United Nations arms control
Colt, Samuel
Colt firearms
Communism. See also cold war
Condon, Paul
Congo
Cooper, William J.
Crane, Dave
Cruise, Tom
Cuba
culture
de Beer, David
diamond trade. See also arms trade; drug trade
Diekmann, Joerg
Diem, Ngo Dinh
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of (Vietnam)
Dirty Harry (film)
Dobrynski, Andrzej
Doe, Samuel K.
domino theory
dos Santos, Feil
Dr. Strangelove (film)
Dragunov, Evgeny
drug trade. See also arms trade; diamond trade
arms trade and
Iran-Contra scandal
Latin America
Peru
Uzi submachine gun
Duarte, José Napoleon
Duffney, Bob
Durant, Mike
Dutch Army Museum
East Germany
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Egypt
AK-47
Rwanda genocide
weapons marking
8 Mile (film)
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
El Salvador
Eminem
Engstfeld, Axel
Ezell, Ed
FAL cartridge
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
Farell, Loren
Federov, Vladimir
Feinstein, Dianne
FHM magazine
Financial Times (newspaper)
Firestone Plantation Company
Florey, John
FN-FAL cartridge (Fabrique Nationale-Fusil Automatique Léger)
Forjaz, Jose
France
Rwanda genocide
Vietnam
World War II
Franks, Tommy
Frontline (TV show)
Fujimori, Alberto
Gadhafi, Mu’ammar
Galili, Israel
Galil submachine gun
Garand, John
Gattaca (film)
Gatumba refugee camp incident
Geer, Galen L.
genocide, Africa
Germany
ammunition
blitzkrieg tactic
Soviet Union invasion
submachine guns
Golding, William
Goodman, John
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Gourevitch, Philip
Granda, Rodrigo
Grau, Lester W.
grease gun (M3 submachine gun)
Greenleaf, Simon
Guinea
Gul, Haji Baz
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
gun control. See also arms trade
Gun Control Act of 1968
politics of
Stockton, California, schoolyard shooting
terrorism
United Nations
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
weapons marking
Gun Control Act of 1968
Habersack, Herbert
Habyarimana, Juvenal
Hackworth, David H.
Harkins, Paul
Hart, Howard
Hasenfus, Gene
Hassan, Yusuf
Heckler & Koch
Hellfire antitank missiles
Hezbollah
Hitler, Adolf
Ho Chi Minh
Holbrooke, Richard
Humvee vehicle
Hungary
AK-47
Soviet invasion of
Hussein, Saddam
Hussein, Uday
Hutu people
ICE magazine
Ichord, Richard
improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
India
Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System
Iran-Contra scandal
Iran hostage crisis
Iran-Iraq war
Iraq war
AK-47
conduct of
initiation of
opposition to
U.S. occupation
Israel
arms trade
Nicaragua
Ivory Coast
Jackie Brown (film)
Japan
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Yormie
Jolie, Angelina
Kagame, Paul
Kalashnikov, Elena
Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.
AK-47 design
biography of
cartridges
commercial ventures of
media and
personality of
politics and
travels of
U.S. visit of
World War II
Kalashnikov, Natasha
Kalashnikov, Viktor
Kalashnikov, Yekaterina
Kalashnikov Joint Stock Vodka Company
Kalashnikov Weapons M
useum and Exhibition Center (Izhevsk, Russia)
Kallay, Foday
Kansai, Aimal
Kasparov, Gary
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Kenya
Kerry, John
Khan, Sardar Mohammed Daoud
Khe Sanh, siege of (Vietnam)
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khrushchev, Nikita
Killing Fields, The (film)
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Klare, Michael
Koltakov, Andrey
Korean War
Kouen-Hoven, Gus
Kubrick, Stanley
Kurz ammunition
Kyoto Protocol
LaPierre, Wayne
laser weapons marking
Latin America. See also specific Latin American countries
arms trade
Colombia
drug trade
Nicaragua
Peru
Venezuela
law enforcement
AK-47 equipment
weapons marking
lawnmower
Lee-Enfield rifle
LeMay, Curtis
Liberia
Libya
Livsey, William J., Jr.
Longbow radar systems
Lord of the Flies (Golding)
Lord of War (film)
Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
Luxembourg, World War II
Macdonald, Bobby
Mackey, Lori
Makhanu, Maurice
Mao Tse-tung
Marken Marketing International (MMI)
Maschinenkarabiner (Mkb)
Maschinenpistoles (MP40, German submachine gun, Schmeisser)
Matasareanu, Emil
McNamara, Robert S.
Menutis, Jamie
M-43 cartridge
M-14 rifle
Mine Ban Treaty
Minin, Leonid
Mogadishu, Somalia
M1 Carbine
M1 Garand (U.S. semiautomatic rifle)
M1 steel helmet
Monroe, James
Montesinos, Vladimiro
Mozambique
M-16 rifle
M3 submachine gun
museums
National Defense Authorization Act of 1997
National Firearms Museum, National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Rifle Association (NRA)
Nawroz, Mohammad Yahya
Nesterov, Azariy
Netherlands, World War II
Newsweek (magazine)
New York Times (newspaper)
Nhu, Ngo Dinh
Nicaragua
Niccol, Andrew
Nigeria
Nikonov, Gennady
Nikonov, Tatiana
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), arms control
North, Oliver L.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Korea
Ofcansky, Tom
Olin Mathieson Corporation
Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War [1991])
Ordnance Department (U.S.)
Ortega, Daniel
Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Shah
Pakistan
Palestinian Liberation Front
Panama
Panzer tank
Pastrana, Andres
Patton, George
Perello, Martin
Persian Gulf War (1991)
Peru
Phillips, Larry Eugene, Jr.
Pig Boards (tests)
Playboy magazine
Ploter, Carlos
Poland
AK-47
Nicaragua
World War II
Polstar Vodka
Poly Technologies
Portman Group
PPD34/38 (Soviet submachine gun)
PP Kurz pistol
PPSh41 (Soviet submachine gun)
Purdy, Patrick Edward
Reagan, Ronald
recoil
Remington Arms Company
Remington Model 8
Republican Guard (Iraqi defense force)
Reutersward, Carl Fredrik
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). See Colombia
Reyes, Camilo
Ridgway, Matthew B.
Roberts, Julia
Romania, AK-47
Rosenthal, John
RPK-74
Ruger, William
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia. See also Soviet Union
arms trade
United Nations arms control
weapons marking
Russian Revolution
Rwanda
Saiga (hunting gun)
Sakharov, Andrei
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Sandino, Augusto
Sankoh, Foday
Saudi Arabia
Schmeisser. See Maschinenpistoles (MP40, German submachine gun, Schmeisser)
Schmeisser, Hugo
Scott, George C.
Scud missile
Secord, Richard V.
Sevaastyanov, Igor
Sheikh, Aftab
Shpagin, Georgy
Sierra Leone
Simonov, Sergei
Singlaub, John K.
SKS (Soviet rifle)