A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

by Thomsen, Brian; Greenberg, Martin Harry

• ISBN13: 9781581822229
• ISBN10: 1581822227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House
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Summary

December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy". So did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt address the American people about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated America's entry into World War II. But what if things had happened differently? A Date Which Will Live in Infamy is an anthology of fictional alternatives to the events that led up to, occurred during, and followed directly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. "

Table of Contents

Introduction: When Interesting History Makes Bad Hollywood	11	(19)
Brain M. Thomsen
PART 1: ALTERNATE ARCHITECTS
The Sumter Scenario: A Time Wars Story	19	(24)
Simon Hawke
The Secret History of Mr. Churchill's Revenge	43	(20)
Tony Geraghty
Cain	63	(24)
Jim DeFelice
Pariah	87	(20)
Ed Gorman
PART 2: ALTERNATE ACTIONS
Green Zeros	107	(20)
R. J. Pineiro
The East Wind Caper	127	(20)
James Reasoner
Path of the Storm	147	(28)
William C. Dietz
The Fourth Scenario	175	(28)
William H. Hallahan
PART 3: ALTERNATE AFTERMATHS
Victory at Pearl Harbor	203	(22)
Brendan DuBois
``I Relieve You, Sir''	225	(18)
Barrett Tillman
Beer, Betrayal, and Ho Chi Minh	243	(22)
Doug Allyn
A Terrible Resolve	265	(78)
William H. Keith Jr.
POSTSCRIPT
December 7, 2001: A Classroom on the American Continent	293	(8)
Allen C. Kupfer
APPENDIXES
Appendix A Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: A Timeline	301	(14)
Roland Green
Appendix B The Diplomatic Subtext of the Pearl Harbor Attack	315	(12)
Paul A. Thomsen
Appendix C The Realities of an Alternate Pearl Harbor	327	(16)
William R. Forstchen
Acknowledgments	343	(2)
Contributors	345