An Evening with Eric Robert Greitens
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 6:00 p.m., Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Eric Greitens
Scholar, humanitarian, warrior--they all apply to Eric Robert Greitens. A Rhodes and Truman Scholar who attended Oxford, Greitens is also a Navy SEAL officer, who was deployed four times during the Global War on Terrorism, and awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Shortly after his last deployment, he learned of a close friend’s death in Iraq and channeled his grief and resourcefulness into developing a charitable organization, Mission Continues, that helps wounded veterans restart their lives via participation in public-service work. In his memoir, The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy Seal (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00), Greitens confronts the same dilemma as the American military, which strives to be a strong deterrent against the evils of the world while protecting the sick and powerless. "His (Greitens) life and this book reminds us that America remains the land of the brave and generous," says Tom Brokaw.
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Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
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