11 best-selling war books like Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis

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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

By: Jim Mattis

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by …

If you liked the war plot in Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior by Ward Just, David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman

2. About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

By: Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

Format: 875 pages, Hardcover

Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this na… read more

Similar categories in Ward Just's About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick

3. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

By: Nathaniel Fick

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel F… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Fick's One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"You need discipline most, when it’s hardest to muster."

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men."

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Worst of all were the accolades and thanks from people "for what you guys did over there." Thanks for what, I wanted to ask—shooting kids, cowering in terror behind a berm, dropping artillery on peop…"

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and in…"

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

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4. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

By: Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • business
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5. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

Similar categories in Pete Blaber's The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

6. Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace

By: Jim Newton , Leon Panetta

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring and revelatory autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction

7. Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

By: Jim Frederick

3.95

Format: 315 pages,

This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infa… read more

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8. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

By: P.W. Singer , August Cole

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. T… read more

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9. The Warrior Ethos

By: Steven Pressfield

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defen… read more

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10. Service: A Navy SEAL at War

By: Marcus Luttrell , James D. Hornfischer

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shat… read more

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11. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

By: Robert M. Gates

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experienc… read more

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12. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

By: Tony Koltz , Colin Powell

3.69

Format: None pages, ebook

It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendar… read more

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Cover of Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis

13. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

By: Jim Mattis

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by … read more

Similar categories in Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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14. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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15. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

By: William H. McRaven

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of  Make Your Bed —a short, inspirational book of advice and… read more

Similar categories in William H. McRaven's The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink

16. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink

4.38

Format: 320 pages, ebook

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more

Similar categories in Jocko Willink's The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

17. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

By: William H. McRaven

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more

Similar categories in William H. McRaven's Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"

-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

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18. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

By: Christian Brose

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Defense companies spent less money on research and development and more on armies of lawyers, lobbyists, accountants, and consultants to help them comply with the Pentagon's growing acquisition burea…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

"These were the very same systems that Marshall wrote in 1992 would be "progressively less central to military operations" because they would become large, vulnerable targets as US adversaries develop…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

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19. You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For

By: Kyle Carpenter

4.65

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The youngest living Medal of Honor recipient delivers an unforgettable memoir that "will inspire ev… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Carpenter's You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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20. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Holiday's Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World book and Jim Mattis's Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • leadership
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21. Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

By: H.R. McMaster

4.12

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times  Bestseller Now with new text from McMaster addressing the January 2021 assault on t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Поки вони підривають школи для дівчаток в Афганістані, їхні діти ходять до приватних шкіл."

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"Освіта життєво важлива не лише для того, щоб громадяни розпізнавали небезпеки російських дезінформаційних кампаній, а й щоб відновилася довіра до демократичних принципів, інституцій і процесів."

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"The president and many of those who served him were sympathetic to the New Left interpretation of foreign affairs, one that considers so-called Western capitalist imperialism as the primary cause of …"

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"Consistency and will are, therefore, important dimensions of strategic competence. But our will is diminished. As our foreign policies swung from over-optimism to resignation, identity politics inter…"

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

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