TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mattis,James N.
AU  - West,Francis J.
TI  - Call sign chaos: learning to lead 
SN  - 9780812996838
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Mattis, James N.,
KW  - United States
KW  - Marine Corps
KW  - Officers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Generals
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - Command of troops
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-283) and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -