Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war

Summary: A narrative on the lives of twenty-three First Recon marines who led the attack on Iraq describes their training and the physical and psychological challenges they faced in skirmishes leading to the fall of Baghdad.

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ISBN: 9780399151934 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0399151931 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: 354 p. : ill., 2 maps ; 24 cm
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Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2004.

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Generation Kill follows the twenty-three Marines of First Recon, in a platoon that spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. Wright was embedded for two months with this group and saw frequent action, never leaving the side of the battle-hardened team. He chronicles all the triumph and horror-physical, moral, emotional and spiritual -- that these Marines endured.