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| Title | : | Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War |
| Author | : | Evan Wright |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2005 by Berkley Caliber (first published June 17th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. War. Military Fiction. History |
Evan Wright
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.27 | 15362 Users | 808 Reviews
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Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandtorm has plunged everything into a hellish twilight of murky, red dust. On rooftops, in alleyways lurk militiamen with machine guns, AK rifles and the odd rocket-propelled grenade. Artillery bombardment has shattered the town's sewers and rubble is piled up in lagoons of human excrement. It stinks. Welcome to Iraq...Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ed combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of American warrior unrecognizable to their forebears-soldiers raised on hip hop, Internet porn, Marilyn Manson, video games and The Real World, a band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. Cocky, brave, headstrong, wary, and mostly unprepared for the physical, emotional, and moral horrors ahead, the "First Suicide Battalion" would spearhead the blitzkrieg on Iraq, and fight against the hardest resistance Saddam had to offer. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of these remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American war.
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| Original Title: | Generation Kill |
| ISBN: | 042520040X (ISBN13: 9780425200407) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Rudy Reyes, Evan Wright, Brad Colbert, Josh Ray Person, Nathaniel Fick, Antonio Espera, Harold James Trombley, Robert Timothy Bryan, Evan Stafford, Walt Hasser, Mike Wynn, Gabe Garza, Jason Lilley, Leandro Baptista, Anthony Jacks, James Chaffin, Stephen Ferrando, Dave McGraw, John Sixta, Bryan Patterson, Ray Griego, Todd Eckloff, Eric Kocher, Larry Shawn Patrick, James Mattis, Meesh |
| Literary Awards: | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (2005), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2004), PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction (2005) |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 15362 Users | 808 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
This is one of the best books I've ever read about the Iraq War. The only book I can compare it to is OUTLAW PLATOON by Sean Parnell. It's much more candid and uninhibited than the Bing West books, like THE SMALLEST TRIBE, though those books are very good too. I recommend this book to everyone who has ever served in the military or is interested in what military service means.Decent 3 Stars account of the US Marine Recon "tip of the spear" on the eastern flank of the invasion of Iraq. Good companion to One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
I have friends in the U.S. Marines. At least five of them have been to Iraq, one is currently there, and at least five more are waiting for their deployment. I have been searching for a book that would help me see things from their perspective, because sometimes it's hard for me to understand what exactly goes on in their heads. When I first discovered Generation Kill, it was the HBO mini-series. After watching the first episode and wanting more, I found out it was based on a book. Success!
Evan Wright was a reporter from Rolling Stone who got into the back of a Humvee with a group of Recon Marines and wrote about them tearing through Iraq in the early days of "Operation Iraqi Freedom." The book is equal parts astounding, shocking, and hilariously funny. Wright doesn't pull any punches regarding the men he's covering. They swear (a lot). They talk about how they enjoy killing (a lot). They bitch and moan and even get mildly mutinous at their superiors. The result is a book that's
There is something that Evan Wright was able to do in writing this book that the other authors, even the award winners like Dexter Filkins and Steve Fainaru, were not able to do and that is extricate himself from the story and allow it to be solely about the men. Wright is so invisible in the mix that you forget he is riding along in the humvee with the rest of the recon marines. He is able to so skillfully express who these men were and what they are all about, that the entire work reads like
US Marines. Jarheads. Devil Dogs. Many names to call them but none could really embody the essence and the spirit. Compared with the other military branches in the US Armed Forces, I think this one is the most unique, and thus most intriguing. This memoir told a story about the marines based on direct view from a reporter (from Rolling Stones magazine) who was embedded in the First Recon Battalion, one of the first units deployed in and entering Iraq in 2003. Cynics or critics may say this is a
Generation Kill by Evan Wright is a firsthand account of a reporter embedded with the Marines of Force Recon Battalion during the invasion of Iraq. Jam-packed with details,this novel portrays the struggles and terrors that the marines face in the war.From weapons malfunctioning to choices that the higher ranking officers have caused,Evan Wright explains everything that happened during his two months with the marines. Throughout the story, the marines encounter problems with their
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