BLOOD AND GUTS: DISPATCHES FROM THE WHALE WARS
Book ID/图书代码： 01899514B71537
English Summary/英文概要： Confrontations between Japanese whalers and Sea Shepherd activists make for exciting news reports during the Australian summer. But the sensational headlines and dramatic footage – eco warriors pitted against the might of the Japanese state – fail to scratch the surface of the complex forces that drive each side’s actions.
In Blood and Guts, Sam Vincent provides an objective eyewitness account of the whale wars. What motivates Sea Shepherd to spend vast sums of money and risk the lives of its activists to pursue a relatively low-impact hunt in some of the most isolated and perilous waters on Earth? Why does a rich nation like Japan doggedly continue a practice it only started to feed its starving population in the wake of World War II?
While the International Court of Justice has recently upheld Australia’s claim that Japan must stop its “research” whaling in the Southern Ocean, Japan is already planning to resume its whale hunt in 2015. Australia might have won the battle, but the whale wars seem set to continue. Blood and Guts is a vivid and definitive work of reportage that gets to the heart of this divisive issue.
Sam Vincent is a freelance travel writer and journalist for publications including the Sydney Morning Herald. This is his first book.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 日本捕鲸者与守护海洋活跃分子们的对峙是澳大利亚今夏最令人激动的新闻。然而这则新闻耸动的标题与戏剧化的脚注--环保卫士对峙强大的日本国，却没能捕捉到驱使这双方行动背后复杂势力的基本皮毛。在《冲突》一书中，萨姆•文森特为我们从客观的视角记述了这场关于鲸鱼的战争。究竟是什么驱使海洋守卫者们花费大量的金钱，冒着生命的危险去追逐这样一个存在于地球上最偏远与危险水域的影响力颇低的捕猎行为？二战结束后，日本为了其饥饿民众们的生计而开始了捕鲸业，然而如今富裕的为本为何还在延续这一行业？
当国际审判法院近期维持了判决按照澳大利亚的要有责令日本必须停止其在南海的“研究式”猎鲸时，日本造诣计划好在2015年也将继续猎鲸。澳大利亚或许看似已经赢得了这场战争，然而事实上战争仍在继续。《冲突》生动而详细地记述，并直击这一争论话题的最中心。
萨姆•文森特是一名自由职业旅行作家与采访记者人，其主要为包括《悉尼先驱晨报》等在内的出版物工作。本书是他的第一部书籍作品。(DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 萨姆•文森特是一名自由职业的旅行作家和采访记者人。他定期为《悉尼先驱晨报》以及《澳大利亚时代报》撰稿，并拥有澳大利亚国立大学国际关系专业学历文凭。他曾在《月刊》以及 《格里菲斯评论》等上发表文章。在不旅行的闲暇时光里，他在澳大利亚与新西兰政府学校中担任研究与编辑工作。
SAM VINCENT is a freelance travel writer and investigative journalist. He is a regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age and has a degree in international relations from the Australian National University. He has been published in the Monthly and the Griffith Review. When not travelling, he works as a researcher and editor at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
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