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Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon With Secretary Mattis Audiobook (Free)

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‘This is the memoir America wishes Jim Mattis had written.’ -The Washington Post

An insider’s sometimes shocking account of how Defense Secretary Wayne Mattis led the US armed service through global problems while serving as a crucial check up on the Trump Administration.

For nearly 2 yrs as Trump’s Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis preserved a complicated relationship with the President. A lifelong Marine widely regarded as one of America’s biggest generals, Mattis was about Keeping the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon With Secretary Mattis focused on keeping America safe. Yet he offered a Chief executive whose actions were frequently unstable and impulsive with far-reaching implications.

Often described as the administration’s ‘adult in the room,’ Mattis has said very little about his difficult role, and since his resignation has held his views of the President and his policies private. Today, Mattis’s former chief speechwriter and communications director, Guy M. Snodgrass, provides visitors behind that drape. Sketching on his seventeen months working with Mattis, Snodgrass reveals how among the nation’s very best generals walked a politics tightrope while leading the world’s most powerful military.

Snodgrass offers us a fly-on-the-wall view as Mattis…

• Reacted when studying major policy decisions via Twitter instead of from the Light House.

• Minimized the damage carried out to your allies and diplomatic companions.

• Slow-rolled some of Trump’s most controversial actions, with no purpose of pursuing through.

As the first publication compiled by an insider with firsthand understanding of key decisions and moments ever sold, Holding the Collection is a must-read for individuals who value the presidency and America’s national protection. It’s filled up with never-before-told stories that will both alarm and reassure, a testament to the silent and steady attempts of General Mattis and the dedicated men and women he led in the Department of Protection.