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AUTHOR
Ronson, Jon, 1967-.
TITLE
The men who stare at goats / Jon Ronson.
IMPRINT
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
DESCRIPTION
259 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
NOTE
Originally published: Great Britain : Picador, 2004.
NOTE
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259).
CONTENT NOTE
The general -- Goat lab -- The First Earth Battalion -- Into the heart of the goat -- Homeland security -- Privatization -- The purple dinosaur -- The predator -- The dark side -- A think tank -- A haunted hotel -- The frequencies -- Some illustrations -- The 1953 house -- Harold's Club or bust! -- The exit.
SUMMARY
A humorous and cautionary account of the U.S. military's use of psychic tactics in the War on Terror and other political agendas discusses the methods employed by the First Earth Battalion, questioning its soldiers' abilities to perform such feats as invisibility, walking through walls, and killing goats with their minds.
SUBJECT
Animals -- War use.
SUBJECT
Occultism -- United States.
SUBJECT
Parapsychology -- Military aspects.
SUBJECT
Psychological warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT
Psychological warfare -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
DISCIPLINE
English Language.
ISBN
9781439181775.
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