The Men Who Stare at Goats
A work of investigative journalism exploring the U.S. military's clandestine attempts to harness psychic powers and New Age concepts for warfare. It traces the bizarre history of a unit that believed soldiers could walk through walls or kill animals by staring at them.
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Ranked #617 of 1942 · 272 pages · Published 2004
Mentioned 2× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 2 episodes, most recently on Aug 8, 2017.
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Book data: ISBN 9780743241922. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.