Ikwezi reviewed Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
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4 stars
Neither Tillman's fame nor his idealism make his pointless, and utterly avoidable, death by friendly fire more tragic than any other, but Krakauer does a good job of making it emblematic of the misguided Global War on Terror, and the subsequent cover-up of the insulting mendacity of the officers and politicians who were trying so hard to sell that war on the American public.
Neither Tillman's fame nor his idealism make his pointless, and utterly avoidable, death by friendly fire more tragic than any other, but Krakauer does a good job of making it emblematic of the misguided Global War on Terror, and the subsequent cover-up of the insulting mendacity of the officers and politicians who were trying so hard to sell that war on the American public.