book review: Where Men Win Glory

Although I've loved, loved, loved all the other books I've read by John Krakauer, I was hesitant to read Where Men Win Glory.  I never found myself in the mood to immerse myself in the daily struggles of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.  I can't get through a thirty second news clip about the death of a young man or woman at war without tears rolling down my face.  Thus I wasn't sure I could make it through Where Men Win Glory.

However, I needed a change of pace so I picked it up.  Yes, yes...I'm sure glad I did!  Yes, I bawled all the way through it, but this book offered such an insightful protrayal of a fascinating man in the crux of a historical and controversial war that it was worth every tear.

I know, I know...a very interesting first book to review on my girly-artsy blog, but I'd really recommend you give it a try.