The men who stare at goats

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Jon Ronson: The men who stare at goats (2010)

280 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2010

ISBN:
978-1-4074-6549-4
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OCLC Number:
695468023

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2 stars (1 review)

This story is about what happened when a small group of men-highly placed within the United States military, the government, and the intelligence services began believing in very strange things.

7 editions

Still baffled

2 stars

I remember getting lost in all the details of who, where and when of the film of this book so hoped it would all become clearer in the written version. Unfortunately, I still feel none the wiser. I like a good conspiracy theory - and my next read, House of Rumour, is a fantastic conglomeration of many - but the book just didn't grab my attention. Perhaps the writing is too segmented so I didn't get a sense of an overall narrative, more a selection of varied events that, despite the best efforts and research of the author, didn't convincingly hang together.

Subjects

  • Psychological warfare
  • History
  • Parapsychology
  • Military aspects
  • Animals
  • War use
  • Occultism
  • Large type books

Places

  • United States