“Today, all Americans and the whole world can see that the American government has chosen not to defend American territory or even American interests.”
Summary
December 7, 2021 is the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into World War II. It is one of many days in the American year that inspire reflection on the most violent and determinative human event: war—and the art of war that aims to control and direct that most uncontrollable human undertaking.
Resources
- President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” Address to Congress, December 8, 1941
- Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson
- The American Story Episode 58: The Course of Human Events
- “Win a Few, Lose a Few: WWII Remembered” by Harold W. Rood in the Claremont Review of Books
- 80th Commemoration National Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Credits
- Narrator: Chris Flannery
- Audio Producer: Derek Wood
- Music Supervisor: Blake Huxell
