The Men Who Stare at Goats (US Ed)
Author(s): Jon Ronson
Bizarre military history: In 1979, a crack commando unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known laws of physics and accepted military practice, they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and--perhaps most chillingly--kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion, entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back--and they're fighting the War on Terror.
An uproarious exploration of American military paranoia: With investigations ranging from the mysterious "Goat Lab," to Uri Geller's covert psychic work with the CIA, to the increasingly bizarre role played by a succession of U.S. presidents, this might just be the funniest, most unsettling book you will ever read--if only because it is all true and is still happening today.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Simon & Schuster
- : Simon & Schuster
- : 0.236
- : 13 October 2009
- : 217mm X 134mm X 17mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : illustrations
- : 272
- : 355.34340973
- : English
- : Paperback / softback
- : Jon Ronson