First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

by Annie Jacobsen

Book Overview

An urgent investigation into warfare, good, and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time

This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: It is about a platoon of mostly nineteen-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524746665
• ISBN13: 9781524746667
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"