A humorous and cautionary account of the U.S. military's use of psychic tactics in the War on Terror and other political agendas discusses the methods employed by the First Earth Battalion, questioning its soldiers' abilities to perform such feats as invisibility, walking through walls, and killing goats with their minds.

Originally published: Great Britain : Picador, 2004.

The general -- Goat lab -- The First Earth Battalion -- Into the heart of the goat -- Homeland security -- Privatization -- The purple dinosaur -- The predator -- The dark side -- A think tank -- A haunted hotel -- The frequencies -- Some illustrations -- The 1953 house -- Harold's Club or bust! -- The exit.