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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Autor Jon Ronson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2009
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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ISBN-13: 9781439181775
ISBN-10: 1439181772
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 134 x 217 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:Media Tie-In
Editura: Simon&Schuster

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In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known accepted military practice -- and indeed, the laws of physics -- they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them.Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back and fighting the War on Terror.
With firsthand access to the leading players in the story, Ronson traces the evolution of these bizarre activities over the past three decades and shows how they are alive today within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and in postwar Iraq. Why are they blasting Iraqi prisoners of war with the theme tune to Barney the Purple Dinosaur? Why have 100 debleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces Command Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? How was the U.S. military associated with the mysterious mass suicide of a strange cult from San Diego? "The Men Who Stare at Goats" answers these and many more questions.