In 1979 the First Earth Battalion was created, not in George Lucas' brain or Robert A. Heinlen's notebook, but in the US Army. The First Earth Battalion believed in the power of the mind - to walk through walls, become invisible and more importantly kill goats just by staring at them. This sounds batty and made up but it isn't, Jon Ronson investigated this strange, mad but true story.
I never really believed the phrase jaw-dropping but after reading this book I do now! (as well as believing things that I never even imagined!) The story and the characters are just insane but Ronson just writes in a simple convincing style that makes you believe. He also drops in moment of true horror, where the ideals and beliefs of the First Earth Battalion has been twisted and corrupted to help the US Army tackle the War On Terror.
When he said the words "attack me" he did that quotation mark thing in the air with his fingers, which angered me a little because it implied I was incapable of mounting anything more than a figurative attack. I was indeed incapable, but I had known Pete only for a few minutes and I felt he was jumping to conclusions about me."
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