TY - BOOK AU - Horwitz,Joshua TI - War of the whales: a true story SN - 9781451645019 AV - QL737.C4 H67 2014 U1 - 333.95/95 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Reynolds, Joel. KW - Balcomb, Ken. KW - United States KW - Navy KW - Environmental aspects KW - Whales KW - Effect of sound on KW - Sonar KW - Stranding KW - Conservation N1 - Includes index N2 - "The tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the U.S. 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"--Amazon.com ER -