description: Now Generation Kill tells the soldiers' story in their own words. The narrative focuses on a platoon of 23 marines, many of them vetrans of Afghanistan, whose elite reconnaissance unit spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This is the story of young men that have been trained to become ruthless killers. It's about surviving death. It's about taking part in a war many questioned before it even began. Evan Wright was the only reporter with Frist Recon, which operated well ahead of most other forces, usually behind enemy lines. They were among the first marines sent into the fight and one of the last units still engaged on the outskirts of Iraq, even after the city centre fell. Generation Kill is not just a combat chronicle but an inside look at how people fighting in war actually ecperience it. It is both an action narrative like Black Hawk Down and a detailed portrait of a generation at war along the lines of Band of Brothers. It is not a book you are going to forget in a hurry...
language: English
title: Generation Kill
titlecomplete: Generation Kill
characters: Harold James Trombley, Rudy Reyes, Anthony Jacks, Dave McGraw, Jason Lilley, Evan Stafford, Robert Timothy Bryan, Nathaniel Fick, James Chaffin, Leandro Baptista, Brad Colbert, James Mattis, Meesh, Josh Ray Person, John Sixta, Larry Shawn Patrick, Todd Eckloff, Ray Griego, Walt Hasser, Mike Wynn, Antonio Espera, Stephen Ferrando, Evan Wright, Gabe Garza, Eric Kocher, Bryan Patterson
genres: Biography, War, Politics, Memoir, Nonfiction, Military History, Contemporary, Military Fiction, Journalism, History
ratings_count: 18218
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
category: Research Nonfiction
publisher: Bantam Press