War of the Whales: A True Story
- ISBN-10
- 1451645015
- ISBN-13
- 9781451645019
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-01
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Joshua Horwitz
Description
Documents the efforts of crusading lawyer Joel Renolds and marine biologist Ken Balcolm to expose a covert U.S. Navy sub detection system that caused whales to beach themselves, an effort that challenged Ken's loyalties and pitted them against powerful military adversaries.
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