Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by James N. Mattis, Bing West · first published 2019
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A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time—and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’s storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peac
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…those ethical decisions should include commanders’s intent. Gen. Bruce Clarke has a brilliant book on this, “About Face”-with many lessons on this echoed more recently by the likes of Gen. James Mattis (“Call-Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead”) and the popular Jocko Willink (“Leadership Strategies and Tactics-FM-02”). Therefore I say thusly: commander’s intent informs tradecraft, tradecraft is commander’s intent manifested.…
on “How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time” ↗"Small Unit Leadership" is also excellent and also from the US Army. Good ones are also: "Duty" (Robert Gates) "Call Sign Chaos" (Mattis) "Extreme Ownership" The one about Mattis has a very long list of book recommendations at the end.
on “Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams?” ↗…biographies on others: Washington: A Life Hamilton Grant Fighter Pilot (Robin Olds) Boyd Anyone you admire - read about them - find out what was good and what was bad. Mattis's new book is good: Call Sign Chaos.
on “Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams?” ↗It's probably for the best now, but it shouldn't have needed to come to this. In "Call Sign Chaos" by Jim Mattis, he talks about how the Bush and Obama administrations both repeatedly ignored the recommendations of military and intelligence officials. The Bush administration was too cavalier and…
on “U.S. Signs Peace Deal with Taliban” ↗…Industries and Augmented Our Reality Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗I recently finished reading "Call Sign Chaos" by James Mattis, and it was interesting reading his viewpoint on Iraq and Afghanistan. A common theme with the Bush and Obama administrations is that they would ignore the recommendations from military…