I wonder if this is the book? John B. Alexander From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Alexander#mw-head>, search <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Alexander#p-search> *John Alexander* is a retired US Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_weapon>. He was born in New York in 1937, and obtained a PhD from Walden University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_University>in 1980. Col. Alexander figures prominently in journalist Jon Ronson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ronson>'s book *The Men Who Stare At Goats <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_At_Goats>* which examines the subject of New Age <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age> ideas influencing the military. My library catalog online is down today for maintenance so I can't see if I can get it. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html