War of the whales is the gripping tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the us navys 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 . War of the whales reads like a novel but the story it tells is truea fascinating personal tale animal welfare institute quarterly from severed whale heads to top secret naval warfare ops from the blue waters of the bahamas to the inner corridors of the pentagon war of the whales is a true life detective story military drama and legal procedural of the first order. In a riveting and groundbreaking new book war of the whales joshua horwitz chronicles the true story of the 20 year battle led by scientists and environmental activists against military sonar it reads like the best investigative journalism with cinematic scenes of strandings and dramatic david and goliath courtroom dramas as activists diligently hold the navy accountable a page turning detective story war of the whales chillingly tracks the us navys culture of secrecy as it . War of the whales a true story by joshua horwitz what a heartbreaking story sonic blasts mapping sonar explosives and more including military games that cause death strandings which cause death and bleeding in the brain for underwater mammals this is the journey of a scientist and a whistleblower that battles for the humane treatment of these animals i really wanted to punch the creeps in the navy that were so unethical but fortunately there is evidence they couldnt hide