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In 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to hitch the Army and have become an icon of American patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. But the true Pat Tillman was way more outstanding, and significantly extra sophisticated than the general public knew.
Sent first to Iraq—a warfare he would brazenly declare was “unlawful as hell” —and finally to Afghanistan, Tillman was pushed by emotionally charged, typically contradictory notions of responsibility, honor, justice, and masculine delight, and he was decided to serve his total three-year dedication. But on April 22, 2004, his life would finish in a barrage of bullets fired by his fellow troopers. Though apparent to a lot of the two dozen troopers on the scene {that a} ranger in Tillman’s personal platoon had fired the deadly photographs, the Army aggressively maneuvered to maintain this info from Tillman’s household and the American public for 5 weeks following his demise. During this time, President Bush used Tillman’s title to advertise his administration’ s international coverage. Long after Tillman’s nationally televised memorial service, the Army grudgingly notified his closest kinfolk that he had “in all probability” been killed by pleasant fireplace whereas it continued to dissemble concerning the particulars of his demise and who was accountable.
Drawing on Tillman’s journals and letters and numerous interviews with those that knew him and intensive analysis in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer chronicles Tillman’s riveting, tragic odyssey in engrossing element highlighting his outstanding character and persona whereas carefully analyzing the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his demise. Infused with the facility and authenticity readers have come to count on from Krakauer’s storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about males and warfare.
This version has been up to date to mirror new developments and contains new materials obtained by way of the Freedom of Information Act.
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