The Ak47

Rating:
Summary: Very basic historic reference work, not much more
Review: I bought this book expecting to learn more details on the design and development of this rifle and to have a reference work to show some examples of this design. OK, it fills that bill for the average enthusiast.

But I found the slightly politicized content, the less than acceptable technical descriptions, and a few mistakes (I count no less than six reversed photographs!) to make the overall book a below par experience.

A technical book like this should have had a competent technical editor. I see no evidence of this.

Rating:
Summary: Good for basic reference.
Review: This book does actually cover several different topics concerning the AK-47/AKM, but it doesn't cover any of them too deeply. The colored pictures don't really have a quality beyond "neat" and the book has a more than usual share of spelling/punctuation errors.

If you're looking for just a cursory overview of AK-47/AKM history, application, and modification, this book is more or less satisfactory, but those looking for more depth are going to be wishing this book had more meat to it.