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100 1 $aWright, Evan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004048171
245 10 $aGeneration kill :$bDevil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war /$cEvan Wright.
260 $aNew York :$bG.P. Putnam's Sons,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $a354 pages :$billustrations, 2 maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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520 1 $a"Generation Kill follows the twenty-three Marines of First Recon, in a platoon that spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This elite unit, nicknamed "First Suicide Battalion," took the fight directly to the enemy by racing ahead of American battle forces, literally driving into suspected ambush points from the opening days of the invasion until after the fall of Baghdad. Author Evan Wright was embedded for two months with this group and saw frequent action, never leaving the side of the battle-hardened team. In one thirty-day stretch they participated in violent engagement nearly every day. He was welcomed into their ranks - even offered a weapon. From this bird's-eye perspective Wright tells the unsettling story of young men trained by their country to become ruthless killers. He chronicles all the triumph and horror - physical, moral, emotional and spiritual - that these Marines endured." "Like such works as Michael Herr's Dispatches and Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers, Wright's book is a portrait of a generation. There is Sergeant Colbert, the icy professional who somehow manages to keep this ragged fraternity together; Corporal Trombley, the shy one who develops a taste for killing; Lieutenant Fick, the Ivy League graduate who would challenge his commander but never break faith with his men; and Captain America, the swaggering, out-of-control commander who is later investigated for war crimes."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104914
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