A mafia insider and former head smuggler for the Medellin cartel describes his violent relationships with criminal powers, his alliance with the U.S. government, and his role in reshaping the nation's war on drugs.
Evan Wright Book order (chronological)
This author views their books and articles as the primary repository of information about their life and work. Their journey into writing was unconventional, as they suggest in their own description. The author's biography is thus intrinsically linked to their published output, offering readers a deeper immersion into their thoughts and experiences through their writing.
Generation kill: Válečný reportér v první linii irácké války
- 396 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Slavná literární předloha úspěšného televizního seriálu stanice HBO, který si našel mnoho příznivců i mezi českými diváky… U zrodu knihy, jež se ve Spojených státech stala událostí, bylo odhodlání amerického novináře Evana Wrighta účastnit se invaze do Iráku v roce 2003 po boku příslušníků průzkumného praporu námořní pěchoty USA. Jako válečný reportér s nimi v první linii prodělal strastiplnou cestu až do Bagdádu. Nejdříve v článcích pro časopis Rolling Stone a později v této knize podal pronikavé svědectví o nové podobě bleskové války i o mariňácích, kteří v ní nasazovali své životy. Píše o nich zároveň s obdivem i se syrovou otevřeností. Fascinuje ho jejich odhodlání, zdatnost, smysl pro kamarádskou solidaritu, ale vnímá také jejich opuštěnost, nezralost i brutalitu.
Generation Kill
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
"They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terror fell to those like the Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of warrior unrecognizable to their forebears--soldiers raised on hip-hop, Internet porn, and video games, a disparate band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. Cocky, brave, headstrong, wary, and mostly unprepared for the physical, emotional, and moral horrors ahead, the "First Suicide Battalion" would spearhead the blitzkrieg on Iraq, and be among the first American combat units baptized in the horrors of Iraq's terrifying guerilla war. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of those remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American War."--Page 4 of cover