Heart and the Fist The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL

Name: Heart and the Fist The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
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ISBN: 9780547750385

ISBN-10: 0547750382

ISBN-13: 9780547750385

Edition: 2011

Authors: Eric Greitens

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Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. Throughout college and after, he traveled to the world’s trouble spots, working in refugee camps and serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa’s home in Calcutta, among others. Yet when innocent civilians were threatened with harm, there was nothing he could do but step in afterward and try to ease the suffering. He became a Rhodes Scholar to study the history of humanitarianism, in search of a better way, but all the theory in the world could not get past the fundamental problem: when an army invades, the weak need to be protected.So he joined the Navy SEALs and became one of…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

ERIC GREITENS was born and raised in Missouri. After earning a Ph.D. as a Rhodes Scholar and serving as a humanitarian volunteer overseas, Eric joined the Navy SEALs. A boxing champion and a decorated combat veteran, he is the founder of the nonprofit The Mission Continues and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Heartnbsp;and the Fist .



Preface



Mind And Fist



Iraq



China



Boxing



Heart and Mind



Bosnia



Rwanda



Bolivia



Oxford



Heart and Fist



Officer Candidate School



Seal Training



Hell Week



Advanced Combat Training



Afghanistan



Southeast Asia



Kenya



Iraq


Epilogue: The Mission Continues


Afterword


Authors Note and Acknowledgments


Notes