In Search of the Warrior Spirit, Fourth Edition: Teaching Awareness Disciplines to the Green BeretsBlue Snake Books, 13. nov. 2007 - 448 sider Is it possible to be a mindful, moral fighter at a time when impersonal, technology based warfare reigns? In Search of the Warrior Spirit confronts this thorny issue with Richard Strozzi-Heckler’s trademark personal, sympathetic style. In a top-secret U.S. military experiment, the author was asked to teach Eastern awareness disciplines ranging from aikido to meditation to a group of twenty-five Green Berets. This account chronicles his experiences in the training program and his attempts to revive traditional warriorship in a technological society. In Search of the Warrior Spirit explores the nature of war, the meaning of masculinity, and the need for moral values in the military. The book includes Heckler’s response to 9/11, his experiences with the Pentagon and U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and his poignant reflections on the movie Black Hawk Down, which depicts the deaths of two of his trainees. In this revised edition, the author talks movingly of his visits to Afghanistan with NATO and about the Trojan Warrior Project and Marine Warrior Project, relating the tragic events in a war zone and revelatory conversations with both ordinary soldiers and such leaders as the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe. |
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The Invitation | 1 |
Preparations | 9 |
In The Belly | 43 |
War | 73 |
The Encampment | 85 |
The Original Warrior | 119 |
Bodymind | 143 |
Camaraderie | 171 |
Integrity | 235 |
In Search of the Warrior Spirit | 257 |
Shadow and Light | 295 |
Epilogue | 307 |
Five Years Later | 315 |
Fifteen Years Later | 343 |
Twenty Years Later | 373 |
About the Author | |
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