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Also by Eric Greitens:

The Warrior's Heart, October 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Heart And The Fist, April 2011
Hardcover

The Heart And The Fist
Eric Greitens

The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 2011
On Sale: April 11, 2011
320 pages
ISBN: 054742485X
EAN: 9780547424859
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man’s story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service.

As a Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL, Greitens worked alongside volunteers who taught art to street children in Bolivia and led US Marines who hunted terrorists in Iraq. He’s learned from nuns who fed the destitute in one of Mother Teresa’s homes for the dying in India, from aid workers who healed orphaned children in Rwanda, and from Navy SEALs who fought in Afghanistan. He excelled at the hardest military training in the world, and today he works with severely wounded and disabled veterans who are rebuilding their lives as community leaders at home.

Greitens offers each of us a new way of thinking about living a meaningful life. We learn that to win any war, even those we wage against ourselves; to create and obtain lasting peace; to save a life; and even, simply to live with purpose requires us—every one of us—to be both good and strong.

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Re: The Heart And The Fist

Since sounds like a somewhat contradictory title. However, I do believe people can be both: soldiers as well as humanitarians. I'll certainly try to find this.
(Sigrun Schulz 1:10am February 11, 2012)