Generation Kill by Evan Wright (2008, Paperback)

Amazing book. The Mini-Series is just as perfect! (Even though I prefer to watch it rather then read.) This book will keep you entertained, no matter how many times you read it. I give it Two-Thumbs up!!

I bought this book after watching most of the HBO mini series by the same name.
The book and mini series are based on a series of articles written by Evan Wright and published by Rolling Stone Magazine.

The whole book takes place in a period of about 2 month. Evan Wright (The Reporter) is embedded with a group of highly trained Recon Marines. The marines are placed in a used fleet of humvees and their prime mission was to recon a bridge on the outside of Baghdad. Recon Marines are the equalivent of the Navy Seals and the majority of their missions are done in stealth mode. Somehow in the wisdom?? of their commanding officers, they decide to put these skilled warriors in sub par hummers and have them drive across Iraq similar to the old TV show called Rat Patrol.

The book centers on the adventures of these soldiers and the follies they encounter as they try to carry out thier mission. The problem is the mission seems to change on a daily basis and the commanding officers appear to have little and NO idea of what their mission is.

As my title says there is humor in this war and the cast of charters
are very funny. One that comes to mind is Ray-the driver of the lead hummer.
Most of the time this guy is flying high on Rip Fuel and Skoal. The gems that come out of this guy’s month are priceless.

Read the Rolling Stone story 1st (Available at their website for FREE) if it's your brand of humor-buy the book and while reading the book-watch the hbo series on demand.


If you’re like me and wondering why we're still in Iraq, years after we won the war! This book will give you some insight that you willn't find anywhere else.

My husband and I watched the series Generation Kill on TV and my husband is an ex-Marine so he wanted to read the book. He thought it was excellent.

This was a fantastic read... saw the HBO series first and was then inspired to read the book the series was based on. Fantastic writer, I recommend this book to anyone wanting a more thorough understanding of the US occupation of Iraq.

I really liked the series on HBO this summer so I decided to buy the book and read the whole story. I am glad I did because it was an easy and enjoyable read. The book goes into more detail than the TV show could and after reading the book some of the TV scenes made more sense. It really makes you appreciate what our troops are doing to protect our freedoms for the U.S of A. I marvel at what these Recon. Marines do and I truly feel blessed to have them on our side. Book is an easy read and goes into more detail and explanation than the TV series, if you liked the series you will like the book.

After watching the miniseries that HBO did for Generation Kill and I was curious as how the book read. I must say I have enjoyed this book immensely. Wright really gets you into their heads and being a Veteran Marine myself I really felt like I was back in the Corps. This book also gives you insight that the media fails to give us and I wish there was more stories coming from Iraq like this one.

I love this book!
i recommend it for anyone interested in the military or history.
the shipping was quick and i was pretty satisfied with the description.

My son was looking for this book. I have received this wonderful book. It is in such great shape it looks like it was never used.