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Gun Country
Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America
Andrew C. McKevitt
2023
The University of North Carolina Press
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Give Your Mom a Gun
America’s favorite gun.
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The Real Origins of America’s Gun Culture
“Gun Country” chronicles the transformation of guns from tangible weapons to ideological ammunition during the Cold War.
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Becca Rothfeld
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November 9, 2023
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America Fell for Guns Recently, and for Reasons You Will Not Guess
The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history.
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