Small Wars Journal

10 Things You Didn't Know About Jim Mattis from His New Memoir 'Call Sign Chaos'

Thu, 09/05/2019 - 9:12am

10 Things You Didn't Know About Jim Mattis from His New Memoir 'Call Sign Chaos' by Hope Hodge Seck – Military.com

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is not talking about President Donald Trump in his new memoir "Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead," written with military author Bing West and released Monday.

But the book, styled as a three-part course in leadership tracing Mattis' 40-year career from Marine infantryman to head of U.S. Central Command, still delivers plenty of anecdotes and reflections that will satisfy admirers of the legendary general…

Read on.