JON KRAKAUER is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven and is the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.
"Jon Krakauer has done his job well; Where Men Win Glory is a tough
read...[He] has tackled a task that required the distillation and
organization of volumes of disparate information. That he has
fielded a coherent narrative is a victory. that he has made
it compelling and passionate is a difficult blessing...In mining
Tillman's life and death, Krakauer uncovers a story much more
compelling than anything that could be spun." - The Denver Post
"Krakauer -- whose forenseic studies of the Emrsonian Man in books
such as Into Thin Air and Into the Wild yield so much insight --
has turned in a beautiful bit of reporting, documenting Tillman's
life with journals and interviews with those close to him...Must be
counted as the definitive version of events surrounding Tillman's
death." --The Los Angeles Times
"In this wrenching account of the life and eath of NFL star Pat
Tillman, killed in friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, Krakauer
brilliants turns investigative reporter...Krakauer will break your
heart recounting how the military lied about Pat's death to his
parents and fellow soldier Kevin." -- People
"In this masterful work, bestselling adventure writer Jon Krakauer
renders an intimate portrait of Tillman and brilliantly captures
the sadness, madness, and heroism of the post-9/11 world...Drawing
on interviews with family, fellow soldiers and correspondence,
Krakauer's page-turning account captures every detail -- Tillman's
extraordinary character, including the "tragic vitures" that led
him to give up a comfortable life and athletic stardom for the
army; the harshness of military training and life; the rugged
terrain of remote Afghanistan -- and, of course, the ravages of
war. Most critically, by telling Tillman's personal story and
blowing apart the "cynical cover-up" that followed his killing,
Krakauer lays bare the best -- and worst -- of America's War on
Terror." -- Publisher's Weekly
"Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer's narrative of pro football
player Pat Tillman's "odyssey," as he calls it, from the playing
field to the battlefield, is nuanced, thorough, and chilling...[He]
is up to the task of telling this brave man's story...Krakauer's
tone is somber and judicious as he reports this ludicrous hijacking
of the truth and its shameful cover-up, but the anger behind it
charges every word. [He] has made sure that this shameful
episode will not fade into obscurity and that Pat Tillman will be
remembered for the man he truly was -- and not as the faux symbol
of a failed policy." -- Portland Oregonian
"Tillman indeed was a fallen hero who, while alive, shunned all
efforts to make him the poster boy of a global war against
terrorism. And Krakauer's gripping book about this
extraordinary man who lived passionately and died unnecessarily
sets the record straight." --USA Today
"On one level, Jon Krakauer's Where Men Win Glory represents a
detailed look at the tragic tale of Pat Tillman, the football star
who quit the NFL to enlist in the Army and was killed by friendly
fire in Afghanistan. But Krakauer's book is also an
exhaustive examination of America's political and military
involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Krakauer documents an
unsettling history of miscalculation and mismanagement, of tactical
blunders, deliberate deceit, and stunning incompetence at the
highest levels of leadership...It all makes for painful,
infuriating, and required reading." --Boston Globe
"Where Men Win Glory will stand as one of the signal books of the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a grunt's-eye view to complement the
macroscopic work of Dexter Filkins, Thomas E. Ricks, and
George Packer." --Outside Magazine
"Krakauer's much anticipated, deeply reported, fascinating account
of Tillman's lief, death, and afterlife as a political pawn in a
failed government propaganda effort...is a page-turner worth any
reader's time." --Boulder Daily Camera
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