Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
by Wright, Evan
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0425224740
- ISBN 13
- 9780425224748
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
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.
Synopsis
Generation Kill is a 2004 book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the United States Marine Corps during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His account of life with the Marines was originally published as a three-part series in Rolling Stone in the fall of 2003. "The Killer Elite", the first of these articles, went on to win a National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003431
- Title
- Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
- Author
- Wright, Evan
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0425224740
- ISBN 13
- 9780425224748
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 371
- Keywords
- War Studies, Aviation, World War 2, Pow, Wwii, Canadians, Holland, Christmas Gift, Rcaf, War Brides, Navy, Canadian History, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - War;
- X weight
- 650 g
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