NATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping book about this extraordinary man who lived passionately and
died unnecessarily (USA Today) in post-9 11 Afghanistan from the bestselling author of Into
the Wild and Into Thin Air.In 2002 Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL
contract to join the Army and became an icon of American patriotism. When he was killed in
Afghanistan two years later a legend was born. But the real Pat Tillman was much more
remarkable and considerably more complicated than the public knew.Sent first to Iraq a war he
would openly declare was illegal as hell and eventually to Afghanistan Tillman was driven by
emotionally charged sometimes contradictory notions of duty honor justice and masculine
pride and he was determined to serve his entire three-year commitment. But on April 22 2004
his life would end in a barrage of bullets fired by his fellow soldiers. Though obvious to most
of the two dozen soldiers on the scene that a ranger in Tillman s own platoon had fired the
fatal shots the Army aggressively maneuvered to keep this information from Tillman s family
and the American public for five weeks following his death. During this time President Bush
used Tillman s name to promote his administration s foreign policy. Long after Tillman s
nationally televised memorial service the Army grudgingly notified his closest relatives that
he had probably been killed by friendly fire while it continued to dissemble about the details
of his death and who was responsible.Drawing on Tillman s journals and letters and countless
interviews with those who knew him and extensive research in Afghanistan Jon Krakauer
chronicles Tillman s riveting tragic odyssey in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable
character and personality while closely examining the murky heartbreaking circumstances of his
death. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer s
storytelling Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war.This edition has
been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom
of Information Act.
