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Article: Author examines Tillman's death, assigns blame
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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BOULDER, Colo. -- Jon Krakauer has never shied away from
assigning blame for blunders, especially fatal blunders. In his best-
selling account of a disastrous 1996 climb of Mount Everest, "Into
Thin Air," he dished out stinging criticism to a professional guide
and even chastised himself.
His new book, "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman,"
pulses with indignation at the generals, politicians and soldiers he
holds responsible for the death of Tillman, the NFL star-turned-
Army Ranger killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004.
But the sharpest rebukes are aimed at those Krakauer accuses of
covering up the truth of Tillman's death, fabricating a more heroic
story and then ...
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