Strength & Compassion: Photographs and Essays

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This collection brings together the best of Eric Greitens' award-winning international humanitarian photography work with a striking series of essays. Engaging photographs from Rwanda, Cambodia, Albania, Mexico, India, the Gaza Strip, Croatia, and Bolivia are combined with bold, intelligent essays on Strength, Pity, Dignity, Courage, Faith, Time, Hope, and Compassion. Though the photographs for this book were taken in different countries and amid different struggles, a common theme emerges: even in times of great...

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Overview

This collection brings together the best of Eric Greitens' award-winning international humanitarian photography work with a striking series of essays. Engaging photographs from Rwanda, Cambodia, Albania, Mexico, India, the Gaza Strip, Croatia, and Bolivia are combined with bold, intelligent essays on Strength, Pity, Dignity, Courage, Faith, Time, Hope, and Compassion. Though the photographs for this book were taken in different countries and amid different struggles, a common theme emerges: even in times of great hardship and in the face of great evil, people with strength and compassion can live with courage.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780971007802
  • Publisher: Leading Authorities, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/23/2008
  • Edition description: Limited
  • Pages: 176
  • Product dimensions: 10.20 (w) x 11.60 (h) x 0.90 (d)

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Eric Greitens

Eric Greitens was born and raised in Missouri. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes and Truman Scholar and is currently a Navy SEAL officer, serving with a reserve unit at Special Operations Command. His military awards include the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, and he was also a 2005-2006 White House Fellow. He is the founder and CEO of The Mission Continues, a veterans nonprofit, and teaches public service, ethics, and leadership as a Senior Fellow at the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Paul Rusesabagina Introduction by Bobby Muller Rwanda / STRENGTH Cambodia / PITY Albania / DIGNITY Mexico / COURAGE India / FAITH Gaza / TIME Croatia / HOPE Bolivia / COMPASSION Endnotes and Index of Organizations

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