The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greitens, Eric, PUBLISHER: Houghong>toong>n Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), How best ong>toong> save ong>theong> world--as saint, soldier, or... both? Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted ong>toong> make a difference. Throughout college and after, he traveled ong>toong> ong>theong> world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving ong>theong> sick and ong>theong> poor on four continents, ong>fromong> Gaza ong>toong> Croatia ong>toong> Moong>theong>r ong>Theong>resa's home in ong>Calcuttaong>, among oong>theong>rs. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone ong>fromong> becoming a refugee, he could only step in afterward, and try ong>toong> ease ong>theong> damage. So he joined ong>theong> Navy SEALs, and became one of ong>theong> world's most elite warriors. In a moving and inspiring, and yet also humble memoir, Eric offers something new in ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry of military memoirs: a warrior who wanted ong>toong> be strong ong>toong> be good, only ong>toong> discover that he had ong>toong> be good ong>toong> be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, ong>theong> lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. ong>Theong> result is a lesson for us all: ong>Theong> heart and fist ong>toong>geong>theong>r are more powerful than eiong>theong>r one alone.