C. J. Chivers

Praise for The Gun

With impelling force, C. J. Chivers tells a remarkable story of how this one, superbly reliable firearm became the most abundant ever produced, and was to exceed the consequences even of Soviet nuclear know-how in t ...

Alistair Horne, author of 'The Price of Glory' and 'A Savage War of Peace'

Dazzling ... startling ... The Gun does exactly what the best art history or music writing does - it opens our eyes to see anew the familiar

Doug Stanton, author of 'Horse Soldiers'

The Gun is for those who wonder how we fight today and why we fight that way. C. J. Chivers has given us a seminal work

James Bradley, author of 'Flags of Our Fathers'

With impelling force, C. J. Chivers tells a remarkable story of how this one, superbly reliable firearm became the most abundant ever produced, and was to exceed the consequences even of Soviet nuclear know-how in t ...

Alistair Horne, author of 'The Price of Glory' and 'A Savage War of Peace'

Dazzling ... startling ... The Gun does exactly what the best art history or music writing does - it opens our eyes to see anew the familiar

Doug Stanton, author of 'Horse Soldiers'

The Gun is for those who wonder how we fight today and why we fight that way. C. J. Chivers has given us a seminal work

James Bradley, author of 'Flags of Our Fathers'

With impelling force, C. J. Chivers tells a remarkable story of how this one, superbly reliable firearm became the most abundant ever produced, and was to exceed the consequences even of Soviet nuclear know-how in t ...

Alistair Horne, author of 'The Price of Glory' and 'A Savage War of Peace'

Dazzling ... startling ... The Gun does exactly what the best art history or music writing does - it opens our eyes to see anew the familiar

Doug Stanton, author of 'Horse Soldiers'

The Gun is for those who wonder how we fight today and why we fight that way. C. J. Chivers has given us a seminal work

James Bradley, author of 'Flags of Our Fathers'