Generation Kill

Generation Kill is a 7-part miniseriers on HBO. This book is action packed and there is never a dull page. This book is all about the war after the September 11th attack. After the attack Bush sent in armed forces. This is about the Marines in the First Recon Battalion, there are the first generation of killers sent towards Iraq. All the men are suited up and ready to roll out when they get accompanied by a reporter named Evan Wright. All the men are so mad because they thought he was going to make them out to be "baby killers" in his writing. But when Evan tells them he wrote Hustler, the Marines really warmed up too him quickly. This book is also wrote by Evan Wright and everything that has happened in the squad he was assigned to "roll out" with. He writes his experiences in a little journal he has. He writes down all the towns he went through and the ambush they got setup in and ambush they carried out. Generation Kill has a great twist of things. Sometimes the chapters can be funny and make you laugh. Other chapters may bring tears to your eyes because of hearing how horrible war really is. An example, many times in the book he will be with Marines when they are holding roadblocks in town. The "gunny" (machine gunner on top of the humvee) he will fire one warning shot over they car, if the do not stop or turn around, the "gunny" has to shoot the driver no matter what or who is driving. It really tends to be a sad book but like i said it can be funny too. An example of a funny part in the book is that, once the reporter Evan, was trying to put on his gas suit but it was to small for him. When he tried getting it all the way on, it crushed his "area" and he fell to the ground screaming and everyone laughed at him. But one Marine felt bad and cut him out of the suit. You will really enjoy this book if you like war books or shooting and killing books. Generation Kill is more then filled with it. And it really opens your eyes to how truely brave our Marines really are.