"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.
Record details
ISBN:0812996836
ISBN:9780812996838
Physical Description:xiv, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Random House,[2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
DIRECT LEADERSHIP: A carefree youth joins the disciplined Marines -- Recruit for attitude, train for skill -- Battle -- Broadening -- Rhino. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: The march up -- A division in its prime -- Incoherence -- Cascading consequences -- Fighting while transforming -- Hold the line -- Essential NATO -- Disbanding bureaucracy. 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 letter for Haditha incident, August 2007. Appendix F - President George W. Bush's assignment letter for NATO Supreme Command, September 2007 -- Appendix G - My USJFCOM commander's guidance for effects based operations, August 2008.
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