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Perhaps there is no better example of the paranoia, pain and heroism in the post-9/11 era than the story of the charismatic long-haired athlete, his amazing defense skills and the independent character who became the hero of an America that betrayed him. Pat Tillman, a famous athlete, a successful and happy man next to the woman he loved, broke a multi-million dollar contract with the National Football Federation to volunteer in the army and become a symbol of patriotism around the western world. strikes of 11 September 2001. When he was killed on a deserted hillside in Afghanistan, two years later, it was the White House propaganda game that falsified the truth in the most brutal and unbelievable way ... "Without Oxygen" reveals through an amazing narrative the odyssey of a young man who had managed to make his dream come true and decided to sacrifice everything for his homeland, which at no time stood up to this sacrifice ... Krakauer draws information from Tillman's diaries and letters, talks to his wife and friends, to the soldiers who served with him, and makes extensive on-site researches in Afghanistan in order to offer an intricate mosaic of this extremely fascinating form, as well as the final account of the events and actions that led to his death, from "friendly fire".
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