Jon Krakauer's book, Where Men Win Glory, documents the death of the famous NFL football player, Pat Tillman, by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Tillman's description of Tillman's life is at times moving as he moves from the sordid details of Tillman's tragic demise as an Army Ranger operating on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to the cover up of his death by major officials in the Bush and Obama administration. The last chapters document the details of the cover up, part of which was orchestrated by General Stanley McChrystal, the current architect of the Obama administration's new approach to the war on terror (even though General McChrystal seems to have rehashed some of General Petraeus' counterinsurgency techniques used in Iraq). Some of Krakauer's conclusions are based on the notion that the real source of terror is not in Afghanistan, but in Pakistan, an assertion that has become commonplace as the war has evolved. Absent from Krakauer's analysis is any suggestion about how the U.S. military could change its policies and eliminate cover ups and corruption within its own ranks; Krakauer prefers to narrate rather to provide critical suggestions about how reform should occur in the military. The most refreshing aspect of Where Men Win Glory is Krakauer's unusual ability to capture Tillman's essential American qualities--his independent streak and his ability to question and think critically even while following orders. It is a tremendous irony that the military that Tillman proudly served dishonored him by not immediately acknowledging the true nature of his death. The shattering truths that Krakauer reveals in his vivid description of Tillman's life should lead to a complete reevaluation of how the American military operates; there should be an end to the corruption that created scandals like Abu Ghraib and the cover up of the friendly fire incident that led to Tillman's demise. One shortcoming of Krakauer's book is his inability to tie the incident of Tillman's death and the subsequent cover up to broader trends within the ranks of the American military; Krakauer could have easily tied the misreported details of Tillman's death to other mistakes made by the American military, such as the reported weapons of mass destruction that never existed in Iraq or the C.I.A.'s complicity in the drug trade in Afghanistan (often paying off drug warlords like President Karzai's brother for information on the whereabouts of the Taliban). Krakauer could have used the controversy surrounding Tillman's death to spur a greater argument about reforming the American military and cleaning out the corruption in the ranks of the men and women who proudly serve America.