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Author:

Mattis, James N., 1950- author.

Title:

Call sign chaos : learning to lead / Jim Mattis and Bing West.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiv, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Mattis, James N.,--1950-
Mattis, James N.,--1950---Military leadership.
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States.--Marine Corps--Officers--Biography.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
Command of troops--Case studies.
Autobiographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-283) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Part I: Direct leadership. A carefree youth joins the disciplined Marines ; Recruit for attitude, train for skill ; Battle ; Broadening ; Rhino -- Part II: Executive leadership. The march up ; A division in its prime ; Incoherence ; Cascading consequences ; Fighting while transforming ; Hold the line ; Essential NATO ; Disbanding bureaucracy -- Part III: Strategic leadership. Central Command: the trigonometry level of warfare ; Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ; Friend or foe ; Reflections -- Epilogue: America as its own ally -- Appendix A. My letter to General Robert Johnston, October 1991 -- Appendix B. Jim Mattis on reading -- Appendix C. Correspondence between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William Halsey, 1943 -- Appendix D. To the families of our sailors and marines deploying to the Middle East, February 2004 -- Appendix E. My dismissal of charges letters for Haditha incident, August 2007 -- Appendix F. President George W. Bush's assignment letter for NATO Supreme Command, September 2007 -- Appendix F. My USJFCOM commander's guidance for effects based operations, August 2008.

Summary:

"Call Sign Chaos is a memoir of a life of warfighting and lifelong learning, following along as Mattis rises from Marine recruit to four-star general. It is a journey about learning to lead and a story about how he, through constant study and action, developed a unique leadership philosophy, one relevant to us all."--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

0812996836
9780812996838

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1112672474

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