The Men Who Stare at Goats
Author: Jon Ronson
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 th….Read More
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