A review by kickpleat
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon Krakauer

4.0

I think it's important to get a background on a story like this one, so I didn't mind that the story of the army cover-up regarding Tillman's death takes place within the last hundred pages or so. I got to know Pat Tillman as the person he was and this is what makes his death so tragic. Tillman was a good man with a strong sense of self who gave so much to his country only to have his country fail him and his family in the most callous way. This book also introduced me to an Afghanistan that I didn't know - it's tribal history, their battle with the Soviets and just how the USA implicated itself into the current Taliban conflict. Krakauer is a great journalist and storyteller, and while I skimmed over some of the pages, I found this to be a relatively engaging portrait of a hero.