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: 9780547424859

ISBN-10: 054742485X

ISBN-13: 9780547424859

Edition: 2011

Authors: Eric Greitens

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How best to save the worldas saint, soldier, or . . . both?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, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Theresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from becoming a refugee, he could only step in afterward, and try to ease the damage.So he joined the Navy SEALs, and became one of the world's most elite warriors. In a moving and inspiring, and yet also humble memoir, Eric offers something new in the history of military memoirs: a warrior who…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/11/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.188
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


Author's Note and Acknowledgments


Notes