Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
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*Starred Review* When football player Pat Tillman exchanged the uniform of the Arizona Cardinals for that of an Army Ranger, it provoked strong reactions from people who had never met him. Some saw him as a true patriot, while others derided him as an unsophisticated attention seeker or even a bloodthirsty barbarian. But Tillman proved complicated for those who sought to use him as a symbol; shunning publicity, he kept his head down and worked hard to become a good soldier. When he was killed in Afghanistan, the Bush administration hoped to hold him up as a tragic symbol of American valor a desire complicated by the fact that Tillman was a victim of fratricide. Krakauer (Under the Banner of Heaven, 2003) is in top form here, offering a meticulous account of what really went wrong and the military's relentless attempts to hide, deny, and spin the truth. In building his narrative, Krakauer interleaves the historical and political events and the chain-of-command decisions that led to Tillman's death on April 22, 2004. But he also draws an indelible portrait of Tillman himself, one that is sure to hold some surprises for everybody, hawks and doves alike. Some readers will be reminded of Krakauer's other great subject, Chris McCandless from Into the Wild (1996): though they had very different personalities, both men were complex iconoclasts, determined to live life on their own terms, to forgo material comforts and test themselves against the world. Tillman, in particular, lived by a code of honor and principles that, in these shifty times, seem unfortunately old-fashioned. While his death was a tragedy, it was compounded tenfold by the lack of honor with which this exceedingly honorable man was treated. Chilling, infuriating, and unforgettable.--Graff, Keir Copyright 2010 Booklist

Krakauer seems just the man to explain why Arizona Cardinals star safety Pat Tillman felt compelled to join the army post-9/11 and how he perished in Afghanistan. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

*Starred Review* When football player Pat Tillman exchanged the uniform of the Arizona Cardinals for that of an Army Ranger, it provoked strong reactions from people who had never met him. Some saw him as a true patriot, while others derided him as an unsophisticated attention seeker or even a bloodthirsty barbarian. But Tillman proved complicated for those who sought to use him as a symbol; shunning publicity, he kept his head down and worked hard to become a good soldier. When he was killed in Afghanistan, the Bush administration hoped to hold him up as a tragic symbol of American valor—a desire complicated by the fact that Tillman was a victim of fratricide. Krakauer (Under the Banner of Heaven, 2003) is in top form here, offering a meticulous account of what really went wrong and the military's relentless attempts to hide, deny, and spin the truth. In building his narrative, Krakauer interleaves the historical and political events and the chain-of-command decisions that led to Tillman's death on April 22, 2004. But he also draws an indelible portrait of Tillman himself, one that is sure to hold some surprises for everybody, hawks and doves alike. Some readers will be reminded of Krakauer's other great subject, Chris McCandless from Into the Wild (1996): though they had very different personalities, both men were complex iconoclasts, determined to live life on their own terms, to forgo material comforts and test themselves against the world. Tillman, in particular, lived by a code of honor and principles that, in these shifty times, seem unfortunately old-fashioned. While his death was a tragedy, it was compounded tenfold by the lack of honor with which this exceedingly honorable man was treated. Chilling, infuriating, and unforgettable. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews.

Krakauer seems just the man to explain why Arizona Cardinals star safety Pat Tillman felt compelled to join the army post-9/11 and how he perished in Afghanistan. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

Acting on moral conviction, professional football player Pat Tillman enlisted in May 2002 and died two years later-because of friendly fire, though it took the army a while to admit it. Likely to be explosive. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.