Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America

by Andrew C. McKevitt

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Just as World War II transformed the United States into a global military and economic superpower, so too did it forge the gun country America is today. After 1945, war-ravaged European nations possessed large surpluses of mass-produced weapons, and American entrepreneurs seized the opportunity to buy used munitions for pennies on the dollar and resell them stateside. A booming consumer market made cheap guns accessible to millions of Americans, and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1469677245

ISBN13:9781469677248

Release Date:November 2023

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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