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

 by Eric Greitens. This modest, compelling autobiography addresses the question of whether virtue can prevail unless it has armed defenders. Rhodes scholar and White House fellow Greitens was not the first man to say yes. He may have gone farther than most, though, because he joined the Navy SEALs. His account of feeling himself turning from an activist in a business suit into another kind of activist in a flak vest is particularly absorbing. He saw combat in Afghanistan and Iraq that he describes vividly, and after being wounded in Iraq, he was obliged to leave the navy. He has now started and continues to run the Mission Continues, a foundation for wounded veterans seeking jobs and otherwise adjusting to civilian life. The story of a useful man. --Booklist (Check Catalog)