The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2011]
Format: Ebook
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The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Mind and fist. Iraq ; China ; Boxing -- pt. 2. Heart and mind. Bosnia ; Rwanda ; Bolivia ; Oxford -- pt. 3. Heart and fist. Officer candidate school ; Seal training ; Hell week ; Advanced combat training ; Afghanistan ; Southeast Asia ; Kenya ; Iraq ; The mission continues.
Subjects:
Greitens, Eric, 1974-
United States. Navy. SEALs -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Officers -- Training of.
Humanitarian assistance, American.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Civic action.
Greitens, Eric, 1974-
United States. Navy. SEALs -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Officers -- Training of.
Humanitarian assistance, American.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Civic action.
ISBN:
9780547549163 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
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Ebook
Map on lining papers.
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.