If the Marines are the few, the proud, Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Ficks career begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth. He leads a platoon in Afghanistan just after 9/11 and advances to the pinnacleRecon two years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines, leading twenty-two Marines into the deadliest conflict since Vietnam. He vows to bring all his men home safely, and to do so hell need more than his top-flight education. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice, which can mock those ideals. In this deeply thoughtful account of what its like to fight on todays front lines, Fick reveals the crushing pressure on young leaders in combat. Split-second decisions might have national consequences or horrible immediate repercussions, but hesitation isnt an option. One Bullet Away never shrinks from blunt truths, but ultimately it is an inspiring account of mastering the art of war.

《杀戮一代》是以2003年伊拉克战争为题材电视连续短剧，改编自Evan Wright的同名原著。这部系列剧将于2008年7月在HBO频道播出，片长七小时，制作团队是David Simon, Ed Burns, Nina K. Noble, Andrea Calderwood, George Faber和Charles Pattinson。 同名小说《杀戮一代》（2004）是一本由滚石杂志的记者Evan Wright根据亲身经历编写的自传，讲述了他身为深入战区的记者，跟随美国海军陆战队第一远征军参与了2003年伊拉克战争的经历。他对海军陆战队生活的阐述最早是在2003年秋天，由滚石杂志分三期连载出版。系列的开篇《杀手精英》，在2004年荣获全国杂志奖的最佳报道奖。

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.