First platoon : a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance
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Jacobsen, Annie,
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DS371.412 .J33 2021
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LC Subjects
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Military intelligence -- Case studies.
Biometric identification -- United States.
Case studies.
Military intelligence -- United States.
Terrorists -- Identification.
United States. -- Army -- Stability operations -- History -- 21st century.
United States. -- Army. -- Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. -- Squadron, 4th.
Bisac Subjects
History -- Asia -- General.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Armed Forces -- Stability operations
Biometric identification
Case studies
History
Military intelligence
United States
United States. -- Army
Other Subjects
Afghan War, 2001- -- Military intelligence -- Case studies.
Biometric identification -- United States.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- -- Service des renseignements militaires -- Études de cas.
Identification biométrique -- États-Unis.
Military intelligence -- United States.
Service des renseignements militaires -- États-Unis.
Terroristes -- Identification.
Terrorists -- Identification.
United States. -- Army -- Stability operations -- History -- 21st century.
United States. -- Army. -- Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. -- Squadron, 4th.
États-Unis. -- Army -- Opérations de stabilisation -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
Études de cas.

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Book
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x, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
40030288555

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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
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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. [New York, New York]: 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 [New York, New York]: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Jacobsen, A. (2021). First platoon: a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance. [New York, New York]: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

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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