At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation.
Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences its creators never imagined. This is the history of one of the world’s deadliest inventions, a story of technological innovation, the industrial revolution, and political power.
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun, is a sweeping look at the rise of the American empire.
The header refers to the AK-47 the Asian woman pictured is carrying an M-16 ?
If this is from the American War in Vietnam, then the M16 was very likely obtained with help of a Kalashnikov.