Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
2004·354 pages
A raw, firsthand account of Marines in the 2003 Iraq invasion, blending humor, horror, and camaraderie.
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A raw, firsthand account of Marines in the 2003 Iraq invasion, blending humor, horror, and camaraderie.
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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 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. Cock, brave, headstrong, wary and mostly unprepared for the physica...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor references to sexual topics or crude humor among soldiers.
Violence & gore
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Extreme graphic depictions of combat, death, and killing in war.
Profanity
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Pervasive and severe profanity reflecting military culture.
Substance use
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Brief mentions of alcohol or stimulants; not central.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Not present.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Frequent focus on war's moral and political complexities.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate depiction of war-related suffering and trauma.
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