An edition of It happened on the way to war (2011)

It happened on the way to war

a marine's path to peace

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An edition of It happened on the way to war (2011)

It happened on the way to war

a marine's path to peace

Pbk. ed.

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"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 ..."--Page 4 of cover.

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Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
355

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Poor, Carolina for Kibera, United States. Marine Corps, Officers, Slums, United States, Community development, Social service, Social conditions, Volunteer workers in social service, Biography, Armed Forces, Social service, africa, Kenya, social conditions, United states, marine corps, biography, Poor, africa

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Rye Barcott

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United States, Kenya, Kibera (Kenya), Kibera
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Cover of: It Happened on the Way to War
It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace
2012, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: It happened on the way to war
It happened on the way to war: a marine's path to peace
2012, Bloomsbury
in English - Pbk. ed.
Cover of: It Happened on the Way to War
It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace
2011, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
in English
Cover of: It Happened on the Way to War
It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace
2011, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English

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Table of 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.

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Copyright Date
2011

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.5
Library of Congress
HV446.5 .B37 2012,

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 355 pages, [8] pages of plates :
Number of pages
355

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OL26496685M
Internet Archive
ithappenedonwayt0000barc
ISBN 10
1608194310
ISBN 13
9781608194315
OCLC/WorldCat
759686993

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