War epics in all their forms, be it on the big screen or in the form of a high-prestige miniseries, have a problem with consistency and accuracy. So many of them twist the truth to give audiences a ...

9 p.m. Sundays on HBO Episode: July 20, "The Cradle of Civilization" I am the first person to admit, for the most part, I only watch mainstream television programs. I view TV as entertainment and not ...

Climb inside the lead Humvee -- and the heads of the Marines operating it -- alongside Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill. He spent the first weeks of the Iraq war with the Marines known as the ...

If you’re watching the daily news reports from Iraq and wondering why things are so fucked there, then read Evan Wright’s excellent Generation Kill (great book, shitty title). Wright was embedded with ...