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

Greitens, Eric, 1974-

The heart and the fist : the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL / Eric Greitens. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, - 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

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