War of the Whales

A True Story

Joshua Horwitz

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Simon & Schuster
01 September 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Animal ecology

Six years in the making, War of the Whales is the gripping detective tale of a crusading attorney, Joel Reynolds, who stumbles on one of the US Navy's best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound - and drives whales onto beaches.

As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb is forced to choose between his conscience and an oath of secrecy he swore to the Navy in his youth. When Balcomb and Reynolds team up to expose the truth behind an epidemic of mass strandings, the stage is set for an epic battle that pits admirals against activists, rogue submarines against weaponized dolphins, and national security against the need to safeguard the ocean environment.

Joshua Horwitz combines the best of legal drama, natural history, and military intrigue to raise serious questions about the unchecked use of secrecy by the military to advance its institutional power.

By: Joshua Horwitz
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 557g
ISBN: 9781451645026
ISBN 10: 1451645023
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 September 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for War of the Whales: A True Story

<i>War of the Whales </i>takes us deep inside the soundscape of our acoustically complex seas, where whales have evolved to communicate, navigate and hunt with sound. It's the true story of the underwater collision between life in the ocean and an acoustic storm of military sonar -- and of citizen activists holding accountable the world's most powerful Navy. For anyone who wants to save marine life from drowning in man-made noise, this is a must-read book.--Jean-Michel Cousteau, Ocean Futures Society