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Men Who Stare at Goats, The

By: Simon & Schuster

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Simon & Schuster)

MSRP old price: $14.00


Product Info

Title
Men Who Stare at Goats, The
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Jon Ronson
Publish Year
2004
Pages
260
Dimensions
6x9x.8"
NKG Part #
2147418335
Type
Softcover

Description

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004) is a book by Jon Ronson about the U.S. Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The title refers to attempts to kill goats by staring at them.

The book examines connections between paranormal military programs and psychological techniques being used for interrogation in the War on Terror. The book traces the evolution of these covert activities over the past three decades, and sees how they are alive today within U.S. Homeland Security and post-war Iraq. It examines the use of the theme tune to Barney & Friends on Iraqi prisoners-of-war, the smuggling of a hundred de-bleated goats into the Special Forces command center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the connection between the U.S. military and the mass-suicide of members of the Heaven's Gate cult in San Diego.