"No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" Topic

"With former Defense Secretary James Mattis promoting a new memoir, and raising questions about his service, it's an opportune time to look at Jim Proser's fast-paced account of the fabled Marine's career, teasingly-titled No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy. The author, a journalist who wrote I'm Staying with my Boys, an admiring portrait of a Marine hero, sets out at the beginning of the Trump administration to uncover the "qualities of character…[and] personal magnetism" that accounted for the acclaim then greeting the Mattis appointment, culminating in his confirmation by the Senate in a vote of 98 to 1.[1] Despite obvious admiration, the author only partially succeeds. Examples that display martial virtues abound, but readers looking for insights into the personality or inner life of Jim Mattis will struggle not only with making political connections to recent events, but also with what might come next in his public life. Mattis' new memoir, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, will undoubtedly address some of these questions…"
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