Generation Kill: The True Story of Bravo Company in Iraq - Marines Who Deal in Bullets, Bombs and Ultraviolence - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593053729 ISBN 13: 9780593053720

Synopsis

Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come out of the recent wars in Afganistan and Iraq, you never really meet any of these people, who served as front-line troops. For whatever reason, the media simply doesn't get them. As we all know, news accounts of the last two wars focused almost exclusively on battlefield imagery of high-tech weapons wreaking astounding distruction, coupled with analysis from retired army grandees and other experts, punctuated by the odd heart-warming patriotic sound-bite. The troops themselves play a role in the media's presentation of recent wars rather like extras in The Triumph of the Will. They are everywhere yet somehow invisible. When they speak you get the sense that what they are saying has been carefully scripted. Now Generation Kill tells the soldiers' story in their own words.

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Review

"One of the best books to come out of the Iraq war."--"Financial Times"

"Stunning."--"Boston Herald"

"Engrossing."--"Washington Post"

"Shockingly honest."--"Entertainment Weekly"

"Complex."--"New York Times"

One of the best books to come out of the Iraq war. Financial Times

Stunning. Boston Herald

Engrossing. Washington Post

Shockingly honest. Entertainment Weekly

Complex. New York Times

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"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 cliches 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

Book Description

The shocking and visceral story of First Recon - the first unit of marines behind enemy lines in Iraq.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593053729
• ISBN 13: 9780593053720
• Binding: Paperback