A review by areader09
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon Krakauer
4.0
"Where Men Win Glory" follows the trend of Kraukauer's other works that I have read (Into Thin Air and Into the Wild) by being well written, well researched, and crafted into a narrative that is hard to put down.
This book does not just focus on Pat Tillman's life (most notably his decision to leave the NFL to join the Army Rangers after 9/11) until his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan. In addition to a thorough examination of the US Army's shameful coverup of the events surrounding Tillman's death and the willful choice to deceive his family and the American people about these events, the book also touches on other events, this time in Iraq, where the US government/military presented misleading narratives about the war, beyond the "big lie" that Iraq had WMDs, that were intended to maintain public support for the Iraq War.
All in all, a very interesting read, and quite sobering now that the US has left Afghanistan, purportedly for good.
This book does not just focus on Pat Tillman's life (most notably his decision to leave the NFL to join the Army Rangers after 9/11) until his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan. In addition to a thorough examination of the US Army's shameful coverup of the events surrounding Tillman's death and the willful choice to deceive his family and the American people about these events, the book also touches on other events, this time in Iraq, where the US government/military presented misleading narratives about the war, beyond the "big lie" that Iraq had WMDs, that were intended to maintain public support for the Iraq War.
All in all, a very interesting read, and quite sobering now that the US has left Afghanistan, purportedly for good.