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Author Ronson, Jon, 1967-

Title The men who stare at goats / Jon Ronson.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  355.3 RONSON    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  355.343 RON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  355.3434 RONSON    DUE 04-23-24
Edition Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Description 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259).
Note Originally published: Great Britain : Picador, 2004.
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.
Contents 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.
Subject Psychological warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychological warfare -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Parapsychology -- Military aspects.
Animals -- War use.
Occultism -- United States.
ISBN 9781439181775
1439181772
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