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It happened on the way to war : a marine's path to peace / Rye Barcott.
| Author/creator | Barcott, Rye |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Pbk. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury, 2012, ©2011. |
| Description | x, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. 1. The grenade ; Big Gota (fist bump) ; The present and future leaders ; "Because I can" ; What's the key? -- pt. 2. Doers ; The sword ; Things fall apart ; Messiahs ; Harambee ; War on trash -- pt. 3. From peacetime to wartime ; Change and continuity ; Spyderco ; Compartments ; Grass, flower, and wind ; The manuscript ; The elephant and the velvet glove ; Eleven years old and his life is already behind him ; Impact. |
| Abstract | "This is a book about two forms of service that appear contradictory: war-fighting and peacemaking, military service and social entrepreneurship. In 2001, Marine officer-in-training Bye Barcott cofounded a nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slums of Nairobi. Their organization - Carolina for Kibera - grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development ..."--P. [4] of cover. |
| ISBN | 1608194310 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781608194315 (pbk.) |
| Standard identifier# | 9781608194315 |