Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-101439181772
ISBN-139781439181775
eBay Product ID (ePID)128210506

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Book TitleMen Who Stare at Goats
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicMilitary Science, Social History, Military / United States, Animals / General, Occultism
GenreNature, Body, Mind & Spirit, Technology & Engineering, History
AuthorJon Ronson
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Ronson sets his book up beautifully. It moves with wry precise agility from crackpot to crackpot in its search for the essence of this early New Age creativity.... " -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times, "A hilarious and unsettling book.... Ronson comes off as an unusual cross between Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh." -- The Boston Globe
Dewey Decimal355.3/434/0973
Table Of ContentCONTENTS 1. The General 2. Goat Lab 3. The First Earth Battalion 4. Into the Heart of the Goat 5. Homeland Security 6. Privatization 7. The Purple Dinosaur 8. The Predator 9. The Dark Side 10. A Think Tank 11. A Haunted Hotel 12. The Frequencies 13. Some Illustrations 14. The 1953 House 15. Harold's Club or Bust! 16. The Exit Acknowledgments and Bibliography
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SynopsisBizarre 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., Now a major film, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, this New York Times bestseller is a disturbing and often hilarious look at the U.S. military's long flirtation with the paranormal--and the psy-op soldiers that are still fighting the battle. 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.

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    Saw the movie first so I thought I'd read the book. Interesting book, it kind of explains something that happened around that time if you were in the service ..

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