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Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9780425224748
ISBN: 0425224740
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Studio: Berkley Trade
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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-ended 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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Summary: Takes you there to the action
Comment: I can't put this book down, I am in the middle of combat with these courageous soldiers. It is well written and will read again.
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Summary: A very realistic, first-hand account
Comment: After seeing a few episodes of the HBO miniseries based on this book, I decided to read it. I can say that the miniseries is very faithful to the book. Evan Wright is an engaging writer and it is nice to read a first-hand account by an experienced observer and writer. His account is an eye-opening look into the bravery of American soldiers under fire as well as the boredom and drudgery that can occur even during a time of war and the ineptitude of some leadership. It's a good read. I have read Not a Good Day to Die, Thunder Run, Licensed to Kill and Lone Survivor. This is one of the better books on the actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Summary: Outstanding.....
Comment: Amazing book about the beginning of the war in Iraq.
The book follows the Marine Corps 1st Recon company as they blindly enter war in Iraq, literally not knowing exactly what their mission is or what to really expect.
I served in the Marine Corps with an infantry battalion, I got out right before the invasion of Iraq. The author Evan Wright, captures what it is to be a Marine and the camaraderie of the Corps perfectly. Wright's descriptions and Marine terms are right on, he did an amazing job with this book.
1st Recon did an outstanding job over there on the frontlines, considering the chaos among the battalion and some poor leadership they were faced with. They rose to every occasion, admitted their mistakes when they happened and seemed to learn from them.
The book portrays several officers as buffoons and I don't doubt that, but the book also commends other officers. Having served in the Marine Corps, I saw my share of officers that didnt have a clue and but I knew many, many more that were the epitome of what a good Marine is and were highly respected and looked up to by all.
Every Marine, every rank should read this book. Just to get a feel of the level of stress they went through, the tough decisions they made at all different levels of rank. There is no training in the world that could have prepared these Marines for what they went through and saw over there.
Great book, great reading!
Highly recommended!
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Summary: Stories The General Public Does Not Hear
Comment: I had mixed feelings about the book based on other's review. I was even hesitant of purchasing the book. But don't let others review stop you. This was a very good book. It does not matter if you are pro war or against. The author dose an awesome job in taking you into the life of each soldier, how they are characteristically, their point of view of the war, how they react to the scenes, missions, etc.
For me, the book brought me to tears and moments of laughter. And it does a good job to not leave any un-answered questions. Because the Author added a follow-up, as far as what path each soldier decided to take at the end of their tour.
I do recommend this book. I would also recommend any other book that is related to the stories of soldier in battle, because they are the stories that the general public does not have the opportunity to hear.
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Summary: You are there
Comment: Generation Kill is outstanding. Rather than a political diatribe, which most books on the Iraq War tend to be, Evan Wright has fashioned this book into a fast-paced, detailed, and moving portrait of the men who fight and die in this war. It's one of the best combat memoirs I've yet read.
After embedding with the elite Marines of First Recon just before the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Wright rides with them through ambushes, firefights, and the seemingly endless desert. They meet crowds of waving, grateful civilians and Syrian jihadists desperate to experience war. Good men are wounded in ambushes and, most tragically, in a rear-echelon snafu involving nighttime minesweeping. Throughout, the thoughts and feelings of the soldiers around Wright are at the forefront. Not only do you find out what these Marines do and how, you find out what they think about it and why. This is one of a very few books in which I've felt like I was there.
The very best thing about this book, beyond the intimate knowledge it gives of what goes on in the minds and day-to-day lives of the soldiers in Iraq, is that it provides a ground-level view of what exactly it is like to fight--the subtitle's "New Face of American War." The terror, boredom, pain, excitement, and relief to be alive are all here, sometimes replacing one another within minutes.
Wright also effectively depicts "the fog of war," the terrible inability to know who is the enemy. There are civilian casualties throughout the book, and Wright shows us why--eager soldiers fighting in an environment they have not been fully prepared for, where cars won't stop for roadblocks and enemy soldiers don civilian garb to attack without warning.
What I especially appreciated about the book was that Wright keeps his own views on war in general and this war in particular in the background. In the afterword, new to the HBO miniseries tie-in edition, he alludes to being against the war, but otherwise one is hard-pressed to say where his sentiments lie. This book was written for the soldiers who Wright rode with and got to know so well during the invasion.
If you want to know what soldiers in the Middle East are living through, or even just who these young men are, Generation Kill is the book for you.
Highly recommended.
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