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Original Title:	The Men Who Stare at Goats
ISBN:	0330375482 (ISBN13: 9780330375481)
Edition Language:	English

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American military paranoia at its most extreme, insane, amusing -- and alarming Why are they blasting Iraqi prisoners-of-war with the theme tune to Barney the Purple Dinosaur? And why have 100 de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying both military practice and the laws of physics, they believed a soldier could become invisible, pass through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. With first-hand access to the leading players in the story, Ronson has traced the evolution of these bizarre activities over the past three decades, and poses questions no-one else has yet dared to ask about which of them -- and more -- are happening still.

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Title	:	The Men Who Stare at Goats
Author	:	Jon Ronson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 278 pages
Published	:	2005 by Picador USA (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Politics. Psychology. War. Military Fiction. Humor

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No matter who absurd you may believe the contents of The Men Who Stare At Goats to be - psychic spies ("Jedi Warriors"), UFO Conspiracies and the CIA implanting secret messages into the minds of cultists, Ronson successfully manages to get the reader to ask questions, not only on the truth of these conspiracies, but also about proven realities - the terror of war and its lasting impact, the morality of using force (and if manipulation or brainwashing are any better) and the tragedy of loss.These

Another great read from Ronson about weird people doing weird stuff.

Jon Ronson looks at army intelligence experiments in psychic phenomena. One of these experiments, refered to in the title, was to try to kill goats by concentrating on them, real hard. Ironically, much of this stuff had its origins in the army's post-Vietnam funk, when esprit de corps was at its lowest ebb. A young colonel convinced his chain of command to allow him to study hippy philosophy as a potentially new ethic for a revived Army. All that came of this was a field manual for something

I bought this because I loved the movie, but gave up half-way through. It's too matter of fact to be effectively satirical, and too silly to be taken seriously. I found myself getting bored. Time to move on to one of the many other titles on my TBR list.For anyone else who is considering this based on having seen the film - the book is very different structurally, though it deals with the same basic themes.

Another great read from Ronson about weird people doing weird stuff.

I first heard about this book back before the movie was announced. I have always had a slight, very cynical, interest in the paranormal/supernatural/mystic bullshit. So when I was told about this book I had to read it. Just for the title alone. It took a long time, always seemed to fall to the bottom of the pile, but finally I read it.It was not quite what I was expecting but it wasn't bad. The fact that the US military and intelligence organisations (and most likely a lot of other countries,

I think this book actually is very funny, with a lot of 'maybe it's true, or maybe not so true' interesting information and details in it.The book also points out how easily it can be for us to fall under the control of powerful suggestions, mind-control and other shit. People, be alerted!added thoughts after re-reading@14/01/2015I still think the author has a healthy sense of humor and the story is funny, but once the author starts telling us how music can be used to torture war-prisoners and