Where Men Win Glory

I thought it was a good book, however it left me feeling kind of sick at the end.  I was (and still am) a Bush / Military supporter, but I the case of Pat Tillman (and the other friendly fire incidents in the book) I think Bush and the Military just flat out lied to the public. 

Do they talk at all about how these types of events (friendly fire) have been handled in other wars?  Without that knowledge I would have a hard time saying that the president mishandled the situation.  There are some things done in the military that since I have never been in the military and I respect that the military is not under the same rules as the general society (since their job is to kill). That I relinquish my right to judge the honor and correctness of the soldier from my standard black and white views. 

Unless you have been there you shouldn't judge.

In other words if this is the standard MO for Presidents handling this situation from previous wars, why should we expect anything diferent.

I've read all of his previous books, I'll put this one on my list.

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Touchy subject for me.

First off, I love Krakauer's books and read this immediately upon release. Good book and I love the research and how he really showed Pat's character as a man. 

My opinion on the mlitary part I'll have to keep to myself.

I have a family member that wasn't directly involved in the situation,  but was on the 'sidelines' or was involved peripherally as a Ranger. I use the word "involved" loosely. He knew Pat and was truly rocked by the sitation and subsequent events. Hearing only the parts of the story that he would speak of, is horribly gut-wrenching. To this day, he will not give details of what he knows, but in my whole life it's the only time I've seen him so distraught.

So the book isn't entirely accurate, which isn't suprising, but I'm glad I discussed it with him after I read it as it changed my opinon on the event. The whole thing is just...sad.

But again, I don't think he could have done a better job of capturing what kind of man Pat was.

As the other poster said, you MUST read "Into Thin Air".  MUUUSSSST.  Phenomenal book.  I didn't read the others, but ITAir is simply one of the most entertaining and interesting books I've ever read.

Since Chris bumped it, I'll add in that I read Where Men Win Glory a few weeks ago. Very glad that this thread was around since I must have been living in a "Krakauer Free Cave" not to have heard about it when I'm such a big fan of his.

As others have already recommended, I'd start with Into Thin Air or Into the Wild before reading this one, but I found Pat Tillman's story to be very interesting and well told by Krakauer.

I kept thinking back to the similarity in Tillman's dogged adherence to his ideals to Chris McCandless from Into the Wild. The two were very different people to be sure, but I wonder if it was that aspect that drew Krakauer to write about Tillman.