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title: "Legendary Marine General To Write Book On Leadership"
date: "2014-01-02"
modified: "2014-01-02"
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# Legendary Marine General To Write Book On Leadership

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Mattis is revered by the military for [his tough rhetoric](<https://www.businessinsider.com/general-maddog-mattiss-best-quotes-2013-1>) as much as his battlefield exploits.

He famously told Iraqi leaders in 2003 “I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f--- with me, I'll kill you all.”

He also once quipped that it was “a hell of a lot of fun” to kill the Taliban.

Hodge Seck confirmed the book with Mattis and his co-author, Bing West, a revered military writer who also helped [Medal of Honor recipient Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer on his book](<https://www.amazon.com/Dakota-Meyer/e/B00DWZ13MY?tag=brooklinextap-20>).

Mattis retired from the military last summer, leaving his post as commanding general of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. At the time, [it was reported](<https://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/18/the_obama_administration_s_inexplicable_mishandling_of_marine_gen_james_mattis>) that his ouster was a result of head-butting with Obama administration national security officials.

[He is currently teaching](<https://www.businessinsider.com/general-james-mattis-goes-to-dartmouth-2013-7>) at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and at Dartmouth University.

American history has been significantly written by rough generals who matched their tough talk with strategic brilliance, and Mattis has earned a seat next to men like Douglas MacArthur and William Tecumseh Sherman in that accord.

His book will top my reading list for 2014.