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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record 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. Location Call Number Status English Book Collection F RON Available 在館