<![CDATA[Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman]]>

false <![CDATA[Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255577960m/2936415.jpg 2936415 5 The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey. Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in southeastern Afghanistan. Though obvious to most of the two dozen soldiers on the scene that a ranger in Tillman’s own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered to keep this information from Tillman’s wife, other family members, and the American public for five weeks following his death. During this time, President Bush repeatedly invoked Tillman’s name to promote his administration’s foreign policy. Long after Tillman’s nationally televised memorial service, the Army grudgingly notified his closest relatives that he had “probably” been killed by friendly fire while it continued to dissemble about the details of his death and who was responsible. In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer draws on Tillman’s journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan to render an intricate mosaic of this driven, complex, and uncommonly compelling figure as well as the definitive account of the events and actions that led to his death. Before he enlisted in the army, Tillman was familiar to sports aficionados as an undersized, overachieving Arizona Cardinals safety whose virtuosity in the defensive backfield was spellbinding. With his shoulder-length hair, outspoken views, and boundless intellectual curiosity, Tillman was considered a maverick. America was fascinated when he traded the bright lights and riches of the NFL for boot camp and a buzz cut. Sent first to Iraq—a war he would openly declare was “illegal as hell” —and eventually to Afghanistan, Tillman was driven by complicated, emotionally charged, sometimes contradictory notions of duty, honor, justice, patriotism, and masculine pride, and he was determined to serve his entire three-year commitment. But on April 22, 2004, his life would end in a barrage of bullets fired by his fellow soldiers. Krakauer chronicles Tillman’s riveting, tragic odyssey in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examining the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his death. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer’s storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war. 2842871 book 2008 Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman total:425|5:83|4:157|3:83|2:14|1:2| 425 1665 1599 188 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 04:41:36 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 04:47:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 14:22:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 14:23:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 08:20:31 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 08:30:34 -0800 2009
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In his inimitable fashion Krakauer has given us a look at an unusual man. Pat Tillman was so bothered by the events of 9/11, that he wal...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:46:11 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:46:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:21:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 21:04:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 17:16:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:34:33 -0800 2009
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- More than a bio of Pat Tillman (although a brief one is part of the book) Krakauer's book is about the use of misinformation or out right lies to cover up uncomfortable friendly fire incidents and/or sell the Global War on Terror. Tillman's st...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:15:35 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 18:58:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 14:28:55 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:23:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:56:24 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 09:18:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2936415