The Men Who Stare at Goats
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Jon Ronson
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By:
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Jon Ronson
About this listen
In 1979, a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known accepted military practice - and indeed, the laws of physics - 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.
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.
The Men Who Stare at Goats reveals extraordinary - and very nutty - national secrets at the core of George W. Bush's War on Terror. With first-hand access to the leading players in the story, Ronson traces the evolution of these bizarre activities over the past three decades, and sees how it is alive today within US Homeland Security and post-war Iraq.
Why are they blasting Iraqi prisoners-of-war with the theme tune to Barney the Purple Dinosaur? Why have 100 de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? How was the US 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.
Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many best-selling books, including Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie, Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, The Psychopath Test, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Them: Adventures with Extremists. His first fictional screenplay, Frank, co-written with Peter Straughan, starred Michael Fassbender. He lives in London and New York City.
©2012 Jon Ronson (P)2016 Audible, LtdCritic Reviews
"Simultaneously frightening and hilarious." ( The Times)"
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- Kelly Michelle
- 24-01-2024
wow, live this, but not in a psycho way 😁
I always love when the author narrates. Wow this blew my mind. Absolutely brillant , a must read
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-09-2017
Who knew goats were so maligned?
This was a fascinating weird rollic through the weirder side of the US intelligence services.
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- Carl
- 18-05-2018
Brilliant threads
Great author and narrator - and a fantastically bizarre topic.
I feel for the goats. And the men who tried to stop their hearts.
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- 13-07-2022
wonderful
what a bizarre story, loved it! Jon always comes up with interesting content about weird stories...brilliant
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- kina sai
- 03-10-2023
Terrific
It’s really good just Ronson “lost the plot” a little toward the end but pulled himself together last minute so was a mostly tremendously engaging book, he’s a great narrator too, I listened to it in a couple of sittings it was so interesting. Definitely worthwhile
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- John Drakopoulos
- 29-06-2023
Wow would be an understatement
I cross-referenced so much, and his journalism checks out. It's terrifyingly accurate! Definitely read it.
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- Concerned Australian
- 21-01-2022
It may be just me, but I found it hilarious!
Surely elite psychic spies could've used their skills to locate the coffee & then deploy the operators who'd mastered invisibility to go get it for them? If the General had tried the wall thing in Australia, he would've probably succeeded, building quality is terrible...Jon's narration was fabulous.
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- Tristan
- 24-12-2022
good book
it's funny and a little worrying as to what passes for plausible techniques to government agencies but hands down the brief look into heavens gate is horrifying
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-2019
Fantastic
Big fan of Jon's work. He is meticulous with his research and very clever and funny with his writing.
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- Miss D
- 19-02-2024
Fantastic listen
I love Jon Ronson’s work. Even when he tackles extremely heavy subjects I always find there to be space to breathe and process the information. Often levity in the absurdity of situations he finds himself in, but never losing sense of the gravity. I love hearing him narrate his own books. Highly recommend this one!
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