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The book "Day of Infamy" by Walter Lord is an non-fiction novel. This novel is over the day that the Japanese Attacked Americans, also known as Pearl Harbor. This book will keep you interested as Lord goes into great detail and stories of individual characters. What I really enjoy about this book is how Lord not only puts in America's side of the story but also the Japanese's side. The line " Then back to Tokyo again, guardedly comparing notes with Lieutenant Commander Toshihide Maejimma, who was also on board" (14) shows how he included the Japaneese's side of the tale.This book received the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Walter Lord is a great author who has written many other books such as, "A Night to Rember", "The Night Lives On", The Miracle of Dunkirk", and …show more content…
Lords novel is just this, he goes through the steps in great detail, and it makes it easier to follow and picture in my mind. The one thing that I do not like about this book is that he is constantly switching from the Americas point of view and the Japanese. But in all honestly it is not that bad because he keeps it separated by chapters. I really enjoy that the book is mostly based on journals of others.
Anyone who is intrested in learning more inside of what went on at the attack of Pearl Harbor is highly recommended to read this book, I mean it is the top selling re-creation of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lord does a great job with this book because he is a history major and he has a lot of insight. Another type of audience who would enjoy this book are history buffs in general. This book has its incredible way of telling a story through others eyes. Any reader that is interested in books that have fine day by day detail about history, this is the book for
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