About this title: Krakauer ("Into the Wild") chronicles the riveting, tragic story of former NFL player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examining the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his death.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: September 2009
ISBN-13:9780385522267ISBN:0385522266
Description: 0-385-52226-6 The Barnes & Noble Review It started with the busted tie-rods of a Humvee. It continued with the ill-advised order to split an Army Ranger platoon as the Afghan night was coming on. And it finished, on April 22, 2004, with the death by friendly fire of an exemplary young American. But there it did not really end, because of who this fine man happened to be--Pat Tillman, promising NFL star--and because a virtuosic author decided to write a political firecracker of a book about the? ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385522267ISBN:0385522266
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385522267ISBN:0385522266
Description: Good. Krakauer ("Into the Wild") chronicles the riveting, tragic story of former NFL player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examin... read more
"Despite a million dollar football contract, his engagement to his high school sweetheart, and the opposition of his family, after 9/11 Pat Tillman felt it necessary to put his life on hold and join the fight against al-Qaeda. When asked how he would deal with the media when his Army enlistment became public knowledge, he answered, "I'm not going to." And he never did. Despite the best efforts of politicians and the media, Tillman and his brother Kevin, who joined at the same time, never granted an interview or explained themselves to anyone but their closest friends and relatives.
Using Pat's extensive journals and interviews with some of Pat's friends and family, Krakauer rebuilds Tillman's life from his childhood to the day he was killed by friendly fire in 2004, and recounts the fight to determine what really happened to him. Krakauer juxtaposes Tillman's major life events with events happening in Afghanistan at the same time making the book a readable primer of recent Afghan history. Although the play by play descriptions of Tillman's football games didn't hold my interest, they might that of a football fan.
Neither the Bush administration nor the American media come off in a positive light here. Bush supporters might be off-put, but the rest of us will be horrified. In the Postscript Krakauer states "Owing to the convoluted, fractious, and exceedingly volatile nature of Pakistani politics, subduing the insurgent forces running amok within Pakistan presents a quandary of such apparently intractable complexity that it's unclear how American diplomats and military leaders might even begin to grapple with the problem, let alone engineer a remedy." Funny, I kept asking myself, although less articulately, how we could even begin to grapple with the problem throughout my reading of Where Men Win Glory. This is another great read from Krakauer, especially if you haven't been paying attention to what's been happening in Pakistan and Afghanistan."
"Krakauer applies his trademark investigative storytelling to yet another very "American" story. His previous works, including Under the Banner of Heaven, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air, are reflected in Where Men Win Glory. It too is an exacting look at an individual who typifies the archetype of an American hero, whose fierce independence, narrow vision, and penchant for pushing mental and physical boundary astounds, perplexes, and sometimes frightens those around him.
The outlines of Pat Tillman's life and death are familiar to many of us. He was the talented NFL player, whose long hair, smallish size, physical prowess, and preternatural ability on the field was matched by his intelligence, innate restlessness, stringent personal code, and love of his family. After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, he follows the arc of belief system, walks away from a multi-million dollar NFL contract to join the army, train as a Ranger, and tour both Iraq and Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, he is killed in an egregiously unnecessary instance of "friendly fire."
Where Men Win Glory is Pat Tillman's compelling personal journey as it collides with a war he ultimately questions, and the government's attempts to deep-six how he died."
"What I wanted from this book was an in-depth investigation into Pat Tillman's death and the ensuing cover-up by the military and our government. What I got instead was a quasi-biography of Tillman coupled with a parallel discussion of the Bush administration's handling of Iraq and Afghanistan. Neither bothered me terribly, I guess, since I attended ASU at the same time Tillman did and was a huge fan of his from the very start, and since I voted against Bush twice. But still, be aware of the subject-matter of the book if you choose to read it. Tillman himself was an amazing character, more amazing than even I had realized given his background, his age, and his career. It is undeniable that he made a choice that 99.99% of Americans would not make if they were in his shoes. A choice, of course, that he paid for with his very life. He did it simply because he felt it was the right thing to do, and not for money (which he gave up) or fame (which he already had). That extremely compelling aspect of Tillman's personality was very poorly explored and highlighted in Krakauer's book. I learned details of his life and death that I didn't know before, which is fine. But the book was not gripping, as Tillman's actual story deserves to be."
"Jon Krakauer's newest bit of investigative journalism is a prize. For long time fans of the author, people may be surprised at how different this book initially seems from other books from the cult-classic non-fiction adventure author. Where Men Win Glory is a complex story about a former NFL player named Pat Tillman who gave up a lucrative contract to join the U.S. Army and fight for America's freedom. An elite athlete that played both baseball and football with intense ferocity, Pat landed a deal with the NFL team the Arizona Cardinals in 2000. However, ater 9/11, Pat, like many Americans, felt it was his duty to retaliate against the enemy. However, unlike most people, Pat decided to do something about it. In April of 2002 Pat and his uncommonly close brother, Kevin, enlisted with the Army, choosing to become part of the Army Rangers division - the elite group in the Army. He served in Iraq initially and played a role in the rescue of Prvt. Jessica Lynch. Unfortunately, while on another deployment, Pat's life was cut short in the mountains of Afghanistan in a senseless series of acts and decisions made by people sitting behind a desk in Washington. Pat Tillman was hailed as a hero before and certainly after his glorified death."
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