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At times incredible, at times worrying, at times hilarious, always gripping, Jon Ronson investigates American military paranoia. And if you think this outlandish, wait until you learn about some of the things the Bush family believe in.
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"Few more earnest investigative journalists would have had the brilliant bloody-mindedness to get what he has got and hardly any would have the wit to present it with as much clarity." (The Observer)
"Simultaneously frightening and hilarious." (The Times)
"A jaw-dropper of a non-fiction story. It moves with wry, precise agility." (The New York Times)
"A hilarious and unsettling book." (The Boston Globe)
"Ronson sets his book up beautifully. It moves with wry precise agility from crackpot to crackpot in its search for the essence of this early New Age creativity." (The New York Times)
"Supposedly the military has soldiers who can stare at animals and kill them, holograms that scare people to death, psychic spies, and plans for chameleon camouflage suits. In 1979 they were called the First Earth Battalion, and now we learn that they're back to help fight the war on terrorism. Narrator Sean Mangan takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude, making the voices of the characters sound like they're nuttier than Mrs. Fields' cookies. He leaves listeners wondering whether to laugh or lament. His voice has a slight whispery cast, and he extends the last word of every sentence, as if to point out the periods." (AudioFile Magazine)
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The Sunday Times number-one bestseller that inspired the major motion picture.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0330435264
- ISBN 13 9780330435260
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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