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The heart and the fist : the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL

Eric Greitens
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
Print Book, English, ©2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, ©2011
Autobiography
309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780547424859, 054742485X
646308409
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
Map on lining papers