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pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
Worst cover, possibly, of any book I've read. The only cover I have tried to hide while reading in public. A cover that says "This book is about how to Do the Dew!"The essays are Jon Ronson and Neil Strauss-esque - magazine articles from 2000-2004, and one from 2007, published in 2009, probably beca...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
Worst cover, possibly, of any book I've read. The only cover I have tried to hide while reading in public. A cover that says "This book is about how to Do the Dew!"The essays are Jon Ronson and Neil Strauss-esque - magazine articles from 2000-2004, and one from 2007, published in 2009, probably beca...
Nicoleabouttown
Nicoleabouttown rated it 14 years ago
Ok, so this book has become my recent obsession. You see, I have this thing for war books, specifically modern war books. Generation Kill is one of the better modern war books that I have read in a long time. It's not a cautionary tale, or even a tale about the difficulty of military life. This ...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 14 years ago
An excellent collection of essays by Evan Wright. These essays have appeared in different form in Hustler, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. The central theme is about people who are unable to reach "The American Dream" or those who have gave up altogether.
What I'm reading
What I'm reading rated it 16 years ago
This is an up-close and personal account of the first days of the Iraq invasion in 2003. Wright, a journalist at Rolling Stone Magazine, gets a spot aka "embedded" with the First Recon Marine Battalion. He bargains his satellite phone and ends up with Bravo Company Second Platoon instead of the supp...
Princess Bookie (Virginia on GR)
Princess Bookie (Virginia on GR) rated it 17 years ago
Enthralling story of an embedded reporter in the first 30 days of the Iraq War and the soldiers he covered.
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 17 years ago
Rolling Stone journalist Wright was embedded with the First Recon Marines during the invasion of Iraq and this books recounts his experiences with one of the units that lead the way during the first push to Baghdad. Lots of interesting info but it was the soldiers that really made this book. Am cu...
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