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Tommy gun : how General Thompson's submachine gun wrote history by Bill Yenne is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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A military and cultural history of the infamous World War II firearm documents its notorious use by mobsters and NRA members as well as its ubiquitous presence in Hollywood films, charting its many names and role as a symbol of 20th-century culture.TheTrench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The ChicagoTypewriter. The Tommy Gun. The Thompson submachine gun has gone by manynames, and for nearly a century the gun’s image has been indeliblymarked on the popular consciousness. In this broad-reaching cultural andmilitary history, Bill Yenne charts the tommy gun's unpredictable andone-of-a-kind career, from its infamy in the hands of Al Capone and theChicago mobsters, to its shady days with the IRA, to its indelible placein the arsenal of World War II, and its truly immortal and ongoing rolein Hollywood. The tommy gun is without a doubt the most famous, andthe most infamous, American firearm of the twentieth century. Since itsbirth in the aftermath of World War I, the tommy gun has enjoyed avaried career on both sides of the law. Though General John T. Thompsoninvented it for the American military, it first found notoriety thanksto its part in events such at St. Valen
Who reads Tommy gun : how General Thompson's submachine gun wrote history?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bill Yenne
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312383268
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Military, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13