The Men Who Stare at Goats

Iraqi prisoners subjected to the theme for Barney the Purple Dinosaur? Stopping goats' hearts by just staring at them? Bizarre yet wholly true, these are just some of the beliefs and activities held by the First Earth Battalion, a group currently within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the subject of Jon Ronson s entertaining book. Whatever your feelings about the "war on terror," this investigation into some strange military practices will leave you chuckling with bewilderment.