A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of
the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, by the author of A Night to
Remember.
Sunday, December 7, 1941, was, as President Roosevelt said, "a date
which will live in infamy." Day of Infamy is a fascinating account of
that unforgettable day's events. In brilliant detail Walter Lord traces
the human drama of the great attack: the spies behind it; the Japanese
pilots; the crews on the stricken warships; the men at the airfields and
the bases; the Japanese pilot who captured an island single-handedly
when he could not get back to his carrier; the generals, the sailors,
the housewives, and the children who responded to the attack with anger,
numbness, and magnificent courage.
In piecing together the saga of Pearl Harbor, Lord traveled over
fourteen thousand miles and spoke or corresponded with over five hundred
individuals who were there. He obtained exclusive interviews with
members of the Japanese attacking force and spent hundreds of hours with
the Americans who received the blow -- not just the admirals and
generals, but enlisted men and families as well. He visited each of the
Hawaiian bases attacked and pored over maps, charts, letters, diaries,
official files, newspapers, and some twenty-five thousand pages of
testimony, discovering a wealth of information that had never before
been revealed. Day of Infamy is an inspiring human document and the
best account we have of one of the epic events in American history.
