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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War Soft cover - 2008

by Wright, Evan

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Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in "Rolling Stone," this "New York Times" bestseller is "one of the best books to come out of the Iraq War" ("Financial Times").

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. - With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - Crease Back Cover Top Left. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - 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(R) 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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  • Title Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
  • Author Wright, Evan
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition Fifth Impression
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 371
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 003431
  • ISBN 9780425224748 / 0425224740
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Library of Congress subjects Iraq War, 2003-
  • Dewey Decimal Code 956.704

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Summary

Read Evan Wright's posts on the Penguin Blog.

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.

From the publisher

Evan Wright is the author of Generation Kill, now the basis of the HBO miniseries for which he served as co-writer.

Wright earned his degree in medieval and Renaissance studies from Vassar College, an education he soon put work at Hustler magazine, where he served as "Entertainment Editor." In the late 1990's he began writing feature articles for Rolling Stone.

At Rolling Stone Wright focused on youth subcultures, from radical environmentalists to skinheads to sorority girls. His work is characterized by immersion in his subjects' worlds, detailed reporting and dark humor.

After 9/ll he pitched his editor on the idea that since the US military was "basically another youth subculture," he ought to be writing about it. He has covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards, one for reporting on the war in Iraq in Rolling Stone and the other for a profile published in Vanity Fair.

Generation Kill received numerous awards, including the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Los Angeles Times book award, a PEN USA literary prize and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's award for "Best History of the Marine Corps."

He is currently at work on two books for Putnam:

Hella Nation, a collection of essays and reporting to be published in the Spring of 2009

The Seed, a reported memoir of brainwashing to be published in the Summer of 2010.

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Media reviews

“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

Citations

  • New York Review of Books, 12/18/2008, Page 60

About the author

Evan Wright is the author of Hella Nation and Generation Kill, the basis of the HBO(R) miniseries for which he served as co-writer. Wright earned his degree in medieval and Renaissance studies from Vassar College, an education he soon put work at Hustler magazine, where he served as "Entertainment Editor." In the late 1990's he began writing feature articles for Rolling Stone focused on youth subcultures, from radical environmentalists to skinheads to sorority girls. His work is characterized by immersion in his subjects' worlds, detailed reporting and dark humor.

After 9/ll he pitched his editor on the idea that since the US military was "basically another youth subculture," he ought to be writing about it. Generation Kill received numerous awards, including the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Los Angeles Times book award, a PEN USA literary prize and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's award for "Best History of the Marine Corps."

Wright has covered the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards, one for reporting on the war in Iraq in Rolling Stone and the other for a profile published in Vanity Fair.

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