Even if you don’t need a last minute gift, buy this book because it’s a must-read for anyone with an interest in the inside story of the most fascinating firearm since Eugene Stoner invented the AR180, which became the AR15/M16 family. What gun could as dramatic in its impact as the M16? What else? The Glock.
Though largely overshadowed by the Napoleonic Wars and considered America's "forgotten war," the War of 1812 saw the use of a wide variety of arms by a colorful assemblage of combatants.