Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (Hardcover) by Jon Krakauer

from librarianbryan

This was a riveting book that I could not put down. I didn't give it four stars because at times it feels like a piece of rush-to-publish investigative journalism (maybe an excellent example thereo...

from nmele

I was vaguely aware of the media frenzy over Pat Tillman, but since I am not a football fan, I didn't appreciate his story. Now I do. This book really brings home the toll war takes on soldiers and...

from librarymary09

A tough book to get through. Certainly paints a negative picture of the culture of the Army and of our government, that something like this could not only happen but then be manipulated to try and ...

from JosephKing6602

Tremendous reporting! The reader knows the outcome before page ! But, regardless, the book is so impressive (and engaging) because of all the background information that Krakauer must have had to u...

from rivkat

I realized while reading this book that I read all those other behavioral economics books to give myself some sense of control in this incredibly screwed-up world. Krakauer here tells the personal ...