Krakauer's 'Glory' recounts Pat Tillman's uncommon valor

Jon Krakauer's sobering account of the life of Pat Tillman begins at the end — the day Taliban fighters ambushed his US Army Ranger platoon in the craggy mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where a baffling incident of friendly fire left
Pat Tillman was the poster boy for the US war in Iraq. President Bush heralded him as a hero in life when the young American football player walked away from a multimillion dollar contract to serve in Iraq after the 9/11 attacks,
When Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan, his Ranger regiment responded with a chorus of prevarication and disavowal. A cynical cover-up sanctioned at the highest levels of government, followed by a series of inept official