Where Men Win Glory The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

From the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air comes this National Bestseller that reveals the extraordinary life and tragic death of Pat Tillman—a story far more complex than the legend.

In 2002, Pat Tillman made headlines by walking away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army Rangers. What followed was an odyssey driven by contradictory notions of duty, honor, and justice that would end in a barrage of friendly fire in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. But this is where the real story begins.

Jon Krakauer masterfully chronicles how the Army aggressively concealed the circumstances of Tillman’s death for five weeks, even as the Bush administration used his name to promote its foreign policy. Drawing on Tillman’s personal journals, letters, and extensive interviews, Krakauer exposes the shattering truth about what happened that day—and the cover-up that followed.

This is the Pat Tillman few knew: a man who openly declared the Iraq War “illegal as hell,” who questioned authority while serving with distinction, whose character was far more remarkable and complicated than the patriotic icon he became. Updated with new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Where Men Win Glory delivers the power and authenticity that has made Krakauer one of our most compelling storytellers—a gripping investigation into men, war, and the uncomfortable truths we’d rather not face.

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