First platoon : a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance
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Published
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021].
Physical Desc
x, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Status
Main Level - Nonfiction
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Afghan War, 2001- -- Military intelligence -- Case studies.
Biometric identification.
Case studies.
Data mining.
DNA -- Analysis.
DNA fingerprinting.
Electronic surveillance.
Forensic genetics.
Military intelligence.
Terrorists -- Identification.
United States. -- Army -- Stability operations -- History -- 21st century.
United States. -- Army. -- Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. -- Squadron, 4th.
Biometric identification.
Case studies.
Data mining.
DNA -- Analysis.
DNA fingerprinting.
Electronic surveillance.
Forensic genetics.
Military intelligence.
Terrorists -- Identification.
United States. -- Army -- Stability operations -- History -- 21st century.
United States. -- Army. -- Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. -- Squadron, 4th.
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Published
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
40030288555
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-372) and index.
Description
"An urgent investigation into warfare in the age of biometrics, and the dangerous implications of new technologies that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time"--,Provided by publisher
Description
At first it might sound familiar at first: 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 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 world. Jacobsen's book is part war story, part legal drama, about identity in the age of identification. She reveals a post-9/11 Pentagon whose identification machines have grown more capable than the humans who must make sense of them-- and a people at its mercy. -- adapted from jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jacobsen, A. (2021). First platoon: a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance . Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. 2021. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance. Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jacobsen, Annie. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
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