The Heart and the Fist; The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL

Greitens, Eric

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA, 2011

054742485X / 9780547424859

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Glued binding. Cloth over boards. [10], 309, [1] pages. Endpaper map Illustrations, black & white,Author's Note, Notes. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription reads For Secretary Mattis, Who lives with Courage! Eric Greitens. Eric Robert Greitens (April 10, 1974) is a nonprofit leader, author, speaker, and U. S. Navy SEAL. Greitens graduated from Duke University in 1996 and received a doctorate in 2000 from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, as a Rhodes scholar. During his four tours of duty as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer, he rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He commanded a unit targeting al-Qaeda, and was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. After being a White House fellow, Greitens founded a nonprofit organization, The Mission Continues, to benefit veterans. In 2013, Time included him in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Greitens announced in 2015 that he had become a Republican. He ran for governor of Missouri as a Republican in 2016. In the predominately Republican state, Greitens prevailed over three opponents in the primary. He defeated Democratic Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster in the general election. He was Missouri's first Jewish governor. One of Greitens's signature accomplishments in office was signing Missouri's right-to-work law. The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL is a memoir focusing on Greitens's humanitarian work and military experiences. The book ranked 10th on The New York Times bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction in May 2011. James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military veteran who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A career Marine, he gained a reputation among his peers for intellectualism and eventually advanced to the rank of general. From 2007 to 2010, he commanded the United States Joint Forces Command and concurrently served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He was commander of United States Central Command from 2010 to 2013, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. On December 20, 2018, after failing to convince Trump to reconsider his decision to withdraw all American troops from Syria, Mattis announced his resignation effective the end of February 2019; after Mattis's resignation generated significant media coverage, Trump abruptly accelerated Mattis's departure date to January 1, 2019, stating that he had essentially fired Mattis. The Hearts 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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Titre
The Heart and the Fist; The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
Auteur
Greitens, Eric
Éditeur
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA
Année de publication
2011
État de l'article
Very good
Jaquette
Very good
Signé
Signé par l'auteur
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
054742485X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780547424859
Illustrateur
Jacques Chasaud (Maps) and Chris Hondros (Jacket p
Édition
Later printing.
Catalogues du vendeur
Afghanistan, Iraq, Military Training, Special Operations, Terrorism

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