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A short piece by myself on myth-making in the military has been published over at <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/02/men-who-stare-at-goats" target="_blank">Guardian</a> Online. There are of course several other stories I'd like to have told, but space was tight!

The site is running a series of articles to tie in with the opening of <em>The Men Who Stare at Goats</em>, a new film inspired by Jon Ronson's book. I've seen the film and it's very funny indeed – Jeff Bridges is on top form as <a href="http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk/further/?p=1519" target="_blank">First Earth Battalion</a>'s Jim Channon, while the FEB training scenes are affectionately done and all too believable.

Meanwhile, I'm just making the finishing touches to my own book, <em>Mirage Men</em>, which greatly expands on some of the material mentioned in the <em>Military Myths</em> piece and is due next Summer from Constable Robinson.