Where Men Win Glory

Informationen zum Autor Jon Krakauer Klappentext WHERE MEN WIN GLORY is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero by Jon Krakauer, the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. Vorwort Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Zusammenfassung Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by deeply felt moral patriotism, he walked away from fame and money to enlist in the United States Special Operations Forces. A year later he was killed - apparently in the line of fire - on a desolate hillside near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan. News of Tillman's death shocked America. But even as the public mourned his loss, the US Army aggressively maneuvered to conceal the truth: that it was a ranger in Tillman's own platoon who had fired the fatal shots. In Where Men Win Glory , Jon Krakauer reveals how an entire country was deliberately deceived by those at the very highest levels of the US army and government. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer's storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jon Krakauer, Jon (Author) Krakauer
• Verlag: Atlantic Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9781848873025
• ISBN: 978-1-84887-302-5
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Zeitgeschichte (1945 bis 1989); Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; Biographien (div.), Tillman, Pat, Afghanistan, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Biography: sport, Iraq, Biography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050