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Generation Kill by Evan Wright

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Generation Kill

Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War

Evan Wright, Patrick Lawlor, Tantor Audio

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · July 1, 2008

Reading lane: Iraq War (2003-2011)

Based on Evan Wright's National Magazine Award-winning story in Rolling Stone , this is the raw, firsthand account of the 2003 Iraq invasion that inspired the HBO® original mini-series.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Why It Clicks

A sharp, immersive war narrative with enough edge to keep the room talking.

Come here for

  • embedded-war-report feel
  • serious, conversation-starting military history

Expect

  • authorial voice and scene-level detail
  • a sustained read, not a tidy takeaway

Book Details

Authors
Evan Wright, Patrick Lawlor, Tantor Audio
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
July 1, 2008
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Iraq War (2003-2011) · Afghan War (2001-)
Reading lane
Iraq War (2003-2011)

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Publisher Categories

  • Military Lives

  • Iraq War (2003-2011)

  • Military Policy & Defense

About This Book

Based on Evan Wright's National Magazine Award-winning story in Rolling Stone , this is the raw, firsthand account of the 2003 Iraq invasion that inspired the HBO® original mini-series. Within hours of 9/11, America’s war on terrorism fell to those like the twenty-three Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new pop-culture breed of American warrior unrecognizable to their forebears—soldiers rai...

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Based on Evan Wright's National Magazine Award-winning story in Rolling Stone , this is the raw, firsthand account of the 2003 Iraq invasion that inspired the HBO® original mini-series. Within hours of 9/11, America’s war on terrorism fell to those like the twenty-three Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new pop-culture breed of American warrior unrecognizable to their forebears—soldiers raised on hip hop, video games and The Real World . 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. Hailed as “one of the best books to come out of the Iraq war”( Financial Times ), 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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