First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance [Large Print]

by Annie Jacobsen

Book Overview

A powerful story of war in our time, of love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all.

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 the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to...

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593410378
• ISBN13: 9780593410370
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"