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Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Bagdad with the ultraviolent Marines of Bravo Company

"They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terror fell to those like the Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of warrior unrecognizable to their forebears--soldiers raised on hip-hop, Internet porn, and video games, a disparate band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. 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 be among the first American combat units baptized in the horrors of Iraq's terrifying guerilla war. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of those remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American War"--Cover page 4.

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  • "Válečný reportér v první linii irácké války"
  • "Yilake zhan zheng qin li ji"
  • "伊拉克战争亲历记"

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  • ""They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terror fell to those like the Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of warrior unrecognizable to their forebears--soldiers raised on hip-hop, Internet porn, and video games, a disparate band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. 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 be among the first American combat units baptized in the horrors of Iraq's terrifying guerilla war. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of those remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American War"--Cover page 4."@en
  • ""They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terror fell to those like the Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of warrior unrecognizable to their forebears--soldiers raised on hip-hop, Internet porn, and video games, a disparate band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. 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 be among the first American combat units baptized in the horrors of Iraq's terrifying guerilla war. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of those remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American War."--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "Read Evan Wright's posts on the Penguin Blog. Read about the Penguin Group (USA) partnership with HBO in support of the Generation Kill Troop Drive here. They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. 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. Now a major HBO event, Generation Kill is the national bestselling book based on the National Magazine Award- winning story in Rolling Stone. It 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."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "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."
  • "The author describes the two months he spent with the twenty-three marines of First Recon, the first platoon in the ambush spots from the invasion of Iraq until the fall of Baghdad, beginning March 20, 2003, and examines the physical, emotional, moral, and spiritual challenges of men trained to kill."@en
  • "Generation kill tells the story of the men in the Marines of First Recon Battalion - the 'First Suicide Battalion', as they were nicknamed in Iraq - and paints an extraordinary portrait of the randomness, brutality and camaraderie of modern warfare."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Autobiographical reminiscences"
  • "Autobiografické vzpomínky"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Reportáže"
  • "Reportage"
  • "Personal narratives"@en
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  • "Generation Kill"
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Bagdad with the ultraviolent Marines of Bravo Company"@en
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent Marines of Bravo Company"
  • "美军战地记者伊拉克战争亲历记"
  • "Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the new face of American war"
  • "Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the new face of American war"@en
  • "Generation kill : válečný reportér v první linii irácké války"
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent Marines of Bravo company"
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent Marines of Bravo company"@en
  • "Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war"
  • "Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war"@en
  • "Generation Kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman och kapten America : en ny generation amerikanska krigare"@sv
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent marines of Bravo Company"@en
  • "Generation kill Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war"@en
  • "Generation kill : living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent marines of Bravo Company"
  • "Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the new face of the american war"@en
  • "Generation Kill : das neue Gesicht des amerikanischen Krieges"
  • "Generation kill : devil dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the new face of American war"@en
  • "Generation kill living dangerously on the road to Baghdad with the ultraviolent marines of Bravo Company"
  • "Generation kill"@en
  • "Generation kill"
  • "Mei jun zhan di ji zhe Yilake zhan zheng qin li ji"

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