#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A clear-eyed accounts of learning how to lead inside a chaotic globe, by General Jim Mattis-the past Secretary of Defense and probably one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time-and Bing West, a former associate secretary of defense and combat Marine.

Call Sign Chaos may be the accounts of Jim Mattis’s storied profession, from wide-ranging command functions in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. On the way, about Contact Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead Mattis recounts his foundational encounters as a innovator, extracting the lessons he has learned about the type of warfighting and peacemaking, the need for allies, and the tactical dilemmas-and short-sighted thinking-now facing our country. He helps it be apparent why America must go back to a strategic footing in order not to continue winning fights but fighting inconclusive wars.

Mattis divides his book into three parts: Direct Leadership, Executive Command, and Strategic Leadership. In the initial part, Mattis recalls his early encounters leading Marines into battle, when he understood his soldiers as well as his personal brothers. In the next component, he explores what it means to command thousands of soldiers and how to adapt your command style to ensure your intent is definitely understood by your most junior troops in order to own their objective. In the 3rd part, Mattis details the issues and techniques of command at the strategic level, where military market leaders reconcile war’s grim realities with politics leaders’ human dreams, where complexity reigns and the consequences of imprudence are severe, even catastrophic.

Call Sign Chaos is a memoir of the lifestyle of warfighting and lifelong learning, pursuing along as Mattis increases from Marine recruit to four-star general. It is a trip about learning to lead and a story about how exactly he, through continuous study and action, developed a distinctive leadership idea, one highly relevant to us all.