Generation Kill

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

By: Evan Wright

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Paperback | 1 July 2008

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400 Pages

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18+

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12+

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22.61 x 14.99 x 3.05

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Read about the Penguin Group (USA) partnership with HBO in support of the Generation Kill Troop Drive here.

They were called a generation without heroes.
Then they were called upon to be heroes.

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.

Now a major HBO event, Generation Kill is the national bestselling book based on the National Magazine Award- winning story in Rolling Stone. It 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.

Industry Reviews

"A pungently written combat narrative and a close-range study of a bunch of twentysomething warriors trying to get a handle on who they are."--Time

"Nuanced and grounded in details often overlooked in daily journalistic accounts...A complex portrait of able young men raised on video games and trained as killers."--The New York Times

"A stellar reporting achievement...Think Black Hawk Down or Michael Herr's Dispatches."--ottawa Citizen

"Shockingly honest."--Entertainment Weekly

"Visceral, sometimes shocking...a brutally honest acount of America's latest generation to experiencethe stark, horrifying realities of warfare."--Boston Herald

"Sidesteps Greatest Generation clichï¿½s to find the unexpected--a self-described 'Marine Corps killer' who listens to Barry Manilow, a corporal who compares a gunfight to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City."--The Washington Post

Wright wrote about [his] experience in a three-part series in Rolling Stone that was hailed for its evocative, accurate war reporting. This book, a greatly expanded version of that series, matches its accomplishment. Wright is a perceptive reporter...a personality-driven, readable and insightful look at the Iraq war's first month from the Marine grunt's point of view...compelling portraits...a vivid, well-drawn picture."--Publishers Weekly

"The language is blue, the blood red, and the action explosive. This may be the book of the Iraqi engagement."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

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