A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. 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 day's events, as Lord traces the human drama of the great attack. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that precipitated U.S. involvement in World War II is described here by the participants themselves. Author Walter Lord performed an enormous amount of research, some of which is described at the recording's end, and spent considerable time locating and interviewing survivors from both sides of the battle. Tom Parker gives an excellent reading of the text. His narration is paced to the rapid sequence of events, uncertainty, confusion, and suspense experienced by those caught in the great battle. The listener who is not a student of the battle will be carried along by both the astonishing acts of courage and the incredible instances of denial that persisted even while the attack was underway!