Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War, (Paperback)

from LadyHax

I must admit am among the growing legions that will read this thanks to the HBO series - and probably wouldn't have touched it otherwise, particularly as a lefty anti-war (and non-American) type (although also as a junior academic who has done some research for a colleague on war journalism, so I...

from choochtriplem

Excellent book if you are looking for a grunts view on the invasion of Iraq. The stories that are told by Rolling Stone's reporter Evan Wright not only create excellent characters, but also a great overall read. I would highly suggest reading the book before catching the HBO mini-series of the sa...

from jawalter

Very reminiscent of Band of Brothers in some ways, while in others ... not so much. The book does a great job of showing the diversity of the modern American military It's also a showcase for the fact that the most powerful fighting force in human history is also hopelessly hamstrung by leadershi...

from ursula

Though this one was published first, I read it after reading One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick. Wright was embedded with his platoon during the Iraq War, so it was interesting to get a different perspective on the same events (though Wright spent most of his time with a different team). It's defi...

from Unkletom

Having been a Navy corpsman serving with Marines during desert warfare exercises I can vouch for the accuracy of Wright's description of the men in First Recon even without having met them. Almost every Marine I ever met was described to a tee in this book, including Captain America, Encino Man a...