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

Dutton, 2021. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9781524746667

Dutton, 2021-01-12. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. New.

New York:: Dutton,, (2021). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. \A story that starts out with "a platoon of mostly 19-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the U.S. Department of Defense's quest to build the world's most powerful biometrics database, with the ability to identify, monitor, catalog, and police people all over the world. . . Part war story, part legal drama, it is about identity in the age of identification. . .And about the power of a burgeoning surveillance state." Illustrated with color photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. 387 pp.

E P Dutton, 2021. Hardcover. New. 400 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Dutton. New. New 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 timeThis 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 the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the US Department of Defense's quest to build the world's most powerful biometrics database, with the power to identify, monitor, catalogue, and police people all over the worldFirst Platoon is an American saga that illuminates a transformation of society made possible by this new technology Part war story, part legal drama, it is about identity in the age of identification About humanity--physical bravery, trauma, PTSD, a yearning to do right and… Leer más

Dutton, 2021-01-12. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.