Evan Wright
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Evan Wright
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down and Jarhead comes a searing portrait of young men fighting a modern-day war.
A powerhouse work of nonfiction, Generation Kill expands on Evan Wright’s acclaimed three-part series that appeared in Rolling Stone during the summer of 2003. His narrative follows the twenty-three marines of First Recon who spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This elite unit, nicknamed “First Suicide Battalion,” searched out enemy fighters by racing ahead of American battle forces and literally driving into suspected…
