Retired Gen. James N. “Chaos” Mattis’s straight talk and battlefield toughness turned him into a Marine Corps icon.
Now the beloved four-star is sharing his hard-won insights into leadership and strategy with future generations of warfighters.
Mattis, who retired from the Marine Corps last spring, is collaborating on the book with best-selling military author Bing West. The project is still in its early stages, West told Marine Corps Times.
West, a Marine veteran himself and a former assistant secretary of defense, has written books that have appeared on the commandant’s reading list and New York Times best-seller list. He said the project with Mattis emerged out of a longterm friendship between the two.
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