{"product_id":"9781439181775","title":"The Men Who Stare at Goats","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major film, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller is a disturbing and often hilarious look at the US military's long flirtation with the paranormal-and the psy-op soldiers that are still fighting the battle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBizarre military history: In 1979, a crack commando unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known laws of physics and accepted military practice, 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. They were the First Earth Battalion, entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back-and they're fighting the War on Terror.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn uproarious exploration of American military paranoia: With investigations ranging from the mysterious \"Goat Lab,\" to Uri Geller's covert psychic work with the CIA, to the increasingly bizarre role played by a succession of US presidents, this might just be the funniest, most unsettling book you will ever read-if only because it is all true and is still happening today.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42621187817533,"sku":"9781439181775","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781439181775_p0.jpg?v=1780353177","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781439181775","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}