Where Men Win Glory Part 14

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Marie Tillman, Josey Boatright, and Reka Cseresnyes; Pat Tillman's diaries; and Boots on the Ground by Dusk Boots on the Ground by Dusk.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT.

My main sources were Pat Tillman's diaries; interviews and correspondence with Brad Jacobson, Bradley Shepherd, Jason Parsons, Russell Baer, Josey Boatright, Will Aker, Jade Lane, and Mel Ward; "Afghan Offensive: Grand Plans. .h.i.t Rugged Reality," by Syed Saleem Shahzad; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Brad Jacobson, Bradley Shepherd, Jason Parsons, Russell Baer, Josey Boatright, Will Aker, Jade Lane, and Mel Ward; "Afghan Offensive: Grand Plans. .h.i.t Rugged Reality"; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER THIRTY.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Brad Jacobson, Bradley Shepherd, Jason Parsons, Russell Baer, Josey Boatright, Will Aker, Jade Lane, and Mel Ward; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Brad Jacobson, Bradley Shepherd, Jason Parsons, Russell Baer, Josey Boatright, Will Aker, Jade Lane, and Mel Ward; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Marie Tillman, Alex Garwood, Christine Ugenti Garwood, Seymour Hersh, and Russell Baer; Boots on the Ground by Dusk; Boots on the Ground by Dusk; "The Hidden General," by Michael Hirsh and John Barry; "Final Autopsy Examination Report: Patrick D. Tillman," by the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner; "Cla.s.sified Interview of Lieutenant General Stan McChrystal, November 26, 2006"; "Interview of Colonel James Craig Nixon, October 28, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Commander Craig Mallak, August 29, 2005"; "Sworn Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bailey, October 16, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Norman Allen, July 26, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Major Charles Kirchmaier, June 9, 2006"; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes." "The Hidden General," by Michael Hirsh and John Barry; "Final Autopsy Examination Report: Patrick D. Tillman," by the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner; "Cla.s.sified Interview of Lieutenant General Stan McChrystal, November 26, 2006"; "Interview of Colonel James Craig Nixon, October 28, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Commander Craig Mallak, August 29, 2005"; "Sworn Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bailey, October 16, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Norman Allen, July 26, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Major Charles Kirchmaier, June 9, 2006"; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Marie Tillman, Jade Lane, Russell Baer, Bradley Shepherd, Mel Ward, Will Aker, and Seymour Hersh; Boots on the Ground by Dusk; The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration Boots on the Ground by Dusk; The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration, by Jack L. Goldsmith; Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror, by Mark Danner; Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, by Seymour Hersh; "The General's Report," by Seymour Hersh; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; "Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN for Reappointment to the Grade of Admiral and to be Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Lieutenant General Douglas M. Fraser, USAF to be General and Commander, U.S. Southern Command; and Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA to be General and Commander, International Security a.s.sistance Force and Commander, U.S. Forces, Afghanistan"; "Cla.s.sified Interview of Lieutenant General Stan McChrystal, November 26, 2006"; "Interview of Colonel James Craig Nixon, October 28, 2006"; "Sworn Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bailey, October 16, 2006"; "Testimony of Brigadier General Gina Farrisee, May 22, 2007"; and "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes."

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR.

My main sources were interviews and correspondence with Marie Tillman, Jade Lane, Russell Baer, Bradley Shepherd, Mel Ward, Will Aker, and Brad Jacobson; Boots on the Ground by Dusk; Boots on the Ground by Dusk; "An Un-American Tragedy," by Mike Fish; "Final Autopsy Examination Report: Patrick D. Tillman"; a transcript of an interview between Dr. Craig Mallak and a special officer from the Office of the Inspector General; "New Details on Tillman's Death," by Martha Mendoza; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes"; "Information Regarding the Death of Pat Tillman," a news release by the Office of the a.s.sistant Secretary of Defense; and "President Bush Discusses American Compet.i.tiveness Initiative During Press Conference," a transcript from the White House. "An Un-American Tragedy," by Mike Fish; "Final Autopsy Examination Report: Patrick D. Tillman"; a transcript of an interview between Dr. Craig Mallak and a special officer from the Office of the Inspector General; "New Details on Tillman's Death," by Martha Mendoza; "Army Regulation (AR) 156 Investigation-Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Review of Matters Related to the Death of Corporal Pat Tillman"; "Hearing on Misleading Information from the Battlefield"; "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes"; "Information Regarding the Death of Pat Tillman," a news release by the Office of the a.s.sistant Secretary of Defense; and "President Bush Discusses American Compet.i.tiveness Initiative During Press Conference," a transcript from the White House.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE.

My sources were interviews and correspondence with Marie Tillman and Mel Ward.

POSTSCRIPT.

I gathered much of the material in this chapter during visits to Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007. In the course of my travels I spoke with Dennis Knowles, Ron Locklear, Eric Hayes, Allen Moore, Frank Adkinson, Scott Horrigan, Abdul Ghani, and Matt Brown. Other sources included Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, by Seth G. Jones; "Afghan, Coalition Forces Disrupt Insurgent Network," by Timothy Dineen; "C.I.A. Outlines Pakistan Links with Militants," by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt; "Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan," by Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti; "Taliban Commander Is Face of Rising Threat," by Carlotta Gall; "India Vindicated by Pakistan Charge," by Madhur Singh; "Right at the Edge," by Dexter Filkins; The End of History and the Last Man The End of History and the Last Man, by Francis f.u.kuyama; The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West, by Lee Harris; "Pakistan and Terror: The Eye of the Storm," by Bruce Riedel; The Oxford Companion to American Military History The Oxford Companion to American Military History, edited by John Whiteclay Chambers II; and Thus Spoke Zarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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