Generation Kill
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Author | Evan Wright |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Military History, History |
Publisher | Putnam Adult |
Released | June 17, 2004 |
Media type | Hardcover |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN | ISBN 978-0-39-915193-4 |
Generation Kill (2004) is a book written by Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion‎ during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
[edit] TV Mini-series
GENERATION KILL (HBO) - The cable channel has greenlit the mini-series, based on Evan Wright's book about his experiences as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the Iraq war's first phase in 2003. In addition, David Simon and Ed Burns ("The Wire") have come aboard to co-write and executive produce the project alongside Company Pictures' George Faber and Charles Pattinson ("Elizabeth I"). The pair will take over for Adi Hasak, who was originally attached to pen the project. As for specifics, the mini-series will reportedly be shot as seven one-hour installments with production on the six-month shoot set to begin this summer in Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa. Andrea Calderwood ("The Last King of Scotland") is producing while Nina Noble will serve as a co-executive producer.