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Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. It illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, as seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Ernst Jnger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but also-more importantly-as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jnger keeps testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. His account is ripe for rediscovery upon the centennial of the Battle of the Somme-a major set piece in Storm of Steel.
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Storm of Steel, Ernst Jünger
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- 2016
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- Title
- Storm of Steel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ernst Jünger
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0241261996
- ISBN13
- 9780241261996
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, History, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, German Literature, Military Fiction, Wars, France, Germany, Memories, World War I (1914–1918), Diaries, Fight, Soldiers, Western Front (World War I), Lazaret
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- 4.1 out of 5
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- Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. It illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, as seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Ernst Jnger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but also-more importantly-as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jnger keeps testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. His account is ripe for rediscovery upon the centennial of the Battle of the Somme-a major set piece in Storm of Steel.