55. Sanchez and Phillips, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid.
58. Ricks, Fiasco, 332.
59. David M. Blum and J. Edward Conway, Counterterrorism and Threat Finance Analysis During Wartime (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015).
60. Camp, Operation Phantom Fury, 34.
61. Danelo, Blood Stripes.
62. Conway, interview.
63. Bill Devine, interview by author, December 22, 2017.
64. Danelo, Blood Stripes.
65. West and West, No True Glory, 66.
66. “Al Jazeera Reporters Give Bloody First Hand Account of April ’04 U.S. Siege of Fallujah,” February 22, 2006, Democracy Now!, https://www.democracynow.org/2006/2/22/exclusive_al_jazeera_reporters_give_bloody.
67. Bing West, The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq (Random House, Kindle Edition, loc. 1178–1182).
68. Ricks, Fiasco, 315.
69. West, The Strongest Tribe.
70. World Heritage Encyclopedia, s.v. “Operation Vigilant Resolve.”
71. Ricks, Fiasco, 342.
72. Ibid.
73. Ibid.
74. Chris Enloe, “James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Is Asked What Keeps Him Awake at Night—His Response Screams ’Merica,” The Blaze, May 2017, https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/28/james-mad-dog-mattis-is-asked-what-keeps-him-awake-at-night-his-response-screams-merica.
75. Shultz, The Marines Take Anbar.
76. Ricks, Fiasco, 314.
77. Conway, interview.
78. “General: It’s ‘Fun To Shoot Some People,’” CNN.com, February 4, 2005, http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/.
79. Ibid.
80. Conway, “9 Unforgettable Quotes.”
81. Conway, interview.
82. Ibid.
83. West and West, No True Glory.
84. Conway, interview.
85. Ibid.
86. Daniel Sauerwein, “How Does My Lai Compare to the Incident at Haditha?” July 2006, History News Network, https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/27334.
87. “Iraq Wedding-Party Video Backs Survivors’ Claims,” Fox News, May 24, 2004, http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/05/24/iraq-wedding-party-video-backs-survivors-claims.html.
88. Travis J. Tritten, “Trump Confirms Mattis as His Pick for Defense Secretary,” Stars and Stripes, December 1, 2016.
89. West and West, No True Glory.
Epilogue: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
1. Hope Hodge Seck, “Battle Rattle,” Marine Times, March 3, 2014.
2. Chuck Hagel, remarks given at U.S. Central Command change of command ceremony, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, Friday, March 22, 2013, US Department of Defense Archives, http://archive.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1762.
3. Ray Sanchez, “ISIL, ISIS or the Islamic State?” CNN.com, September 9, 2014, updated October 25, 2017, https://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/09/world/meast/isis-isil-islamic-state/index.html.
4. “Theranos Announces New Members of Its Board of Directors,” press release, Palo Alto, California, July 29, 2013, https://news.theranos.com/2013/07/29/theranos-announces-new-members-of-its-board-of-directors/.
5. Lydia Ramsey, “Theranos Is Getting Rid of High-Profile Board Members Including Henry Kissinger and George Shultz,” Business Insider, December 1, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-retires-board-of-counselors-and-adds-to-board-of-directors-2016-12.
6. Roger Parloff, “This CEO Is Out for Blood,” Fortune, June 12, 2014.
7. Christopher Weaver, “Theranos Secretly Bought Outside Lab Gear and Ran Fake Tests, Court Filings Allege,” Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-secretly-bought-outside-lab-gear-ran-fake-tests-court-filings-1492794470.
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9. “General Jim Mattis,” Hoover Institution, https://www.hoover.org/profiles/james-mattis.
10. “James N. Mattis: Secretary of Defense.”
11. Ben Hubbard, “Life in a Jihadist Capital: Order with a Darker Side,” New York Times, July 23, 2014.
12. Liz Sly, “Al-Qaeda Force Captures Fallujah amid Rise in Violence in Iraq,” Washington Post, January 3, 2014.
13. Samia Nakhoul, “Islamic State Expands Its ‘State,’” Reuters, May 22, 2015, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamic-state-insight/islamic-state-expands-its-state-idUSKBN0O713M20150522.
14. “Islamic State Settles into Ramadi, but the Lull Unlikely to Last,” Reuters, May 29, 2015, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-ramadi/islamic-state-settles-into-ramadi-but-the-lull-unlikely-to-last-idUSKBN0OD2OS20150528.
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18. James N. Mattis, “The Meaning of Their Service,” Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2015.
19. Jim Mattis and Kori Schake, eds., Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2016).
20. Tal Kopan, “Defense Nominee Mattis Emerges with Strong Support,” January 12, 2017, CNN.com, https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/james-mattis-defense-confirmation/index.html.
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25. Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad, “Raqqa, ISIS ‘Capital,’ Is Captured, U.S.-Backed Forces Say,” New York Times, October 17, 2017.
27. John Davison and Rodi Said, “Islamic State Defeated in its Syrian Capital Raqqa,” Reuters, October 17, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa/islamic-state-defeated-in-its-syrian-capital-raqqa-idUSKBN1CM0VC.
About the Author
Jim Proser is an award-winning author and filmmaker. His previous book, I’m Staying with My Boys, has remained on the Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List since 2011. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.
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Names: Proser, Jim, author.
Title: No better friend, no worse enemy: the life of General James Mattis / Jim Proser.
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Description: First edition. | New York: Harper, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subjects: LCSH: Mattis, James N., 1950– | Generals—United States—Biography. | United States. Marine Corps—Officers—Biography. | Cabinet officers—United States—Biography. | Iraq War, 2003–2011—Biography.
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