Swamp: HBO describes its new upcoming miniseries "Generation Kill" as a true account of how Marines in the first 40 days of the Iraq war battled the enemy, as well as "equipment shortages, incompetent commanding officers, ever-evolving rules of engagement and an unclear strategy."
The miniseries premiering Sunday is based on the book by journalist Evan Wright, whose story first appeared as a condensed series of articles in Rolling Stone. Wright was embedded with the Marines of the First Recon Battalion.
The show was produced by the makers of "The Wire," the HBO series about drug-dealing and police/government corruption in Baltimore.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Generation Kill
An HBO miniseries describes the first 40 miserable days of war in Iraq.
