<DIV>A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, by the author of <i>A Night to Remember</i>.<br><br>Sunday, December 7, 1941, was, as President Roosevelt said, "a date which will live in infamy." <i>Day of Infamy</i> 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.<br><br>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.<i> Day of Infamy</i> is an inspiring human document and the best account we have of one of the epic events in American history.<br></div> <DIV><b>Walter Lord </b>is the author of several bestselling works of history, including <i>A Night to Remember</i>, a re-creation of the sinking of the Titanic.<br></div> <DIV>In <i>Day of Infamy</i>, Walter Lord traces in brilliant detail the human drama of the great surprise attack on America&#8217;s Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941: the spies behind it; the Japanese pilots; the crews on the stricken warships; the men at the airfields and on the bases; the generals, sailors, housewives, and children who responded to this attack with anger, numbness, and magnificent courage.<br><br>Republished in 2001 to mark its 60th anniversary, this indespensible and inspiring account of how exactly Pearl Harbor happened is one of the classic books on America&#8217;s involvement in World War II.<br></div> <DIV>&#8220;There have been many books on Pearl Harbor . . . but none of them have ever equaled Lord&#8217;s in telling the story of Pearl Harbor.&#8221;&#8212;<b>Stephen E. Ambrose</b><br><br>&#8220;[This] carefully planned hour-by-hour recording of the surprise assault on Pearl Harbor [is] as engrossing as the story of the sinking of the <i>Titanic </i>and more harrowing.&#8221;&#8212;<b><i>The Atlantic</i></b><br><br>"Stuns the reader with the weight of reality."&#8212;<b>James Michener, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>"A behind-the-scenes story that is utterly fascinating."&#8212;<b><i>Chicago Sunday Tribune</i></b><br></div>