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Title	:	Storm of Steel
Author	:	Ernst Jünger
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Penguin Modern Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 289 pages
Published	:	June 3rd 2004 by Penguin Books (first published 1920)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. War. Biography. World War I. Autobiography. Memoir

Storm of Steel

Ernst Jünger

Paperback | Pages: 289 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 9121 Users | 720 Reviews

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A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Jünger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict, but more importantly as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jünger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. Published shortly after the war's end, 'Storm of Steel' was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmann's brilliant new translation.

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Original Title:	In Stahlgewittern
ISBN:	0141186917 (ISBN13: 9780141186917)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ernst Jünger
Setting:	Ieper,1917(Belgium) Champagne,1915(France) Les Éparges,1915(France) …more Arras,1916(France) Combles,1916(France) Cambrai,1917(France) World War I (WW I) Western Front …less
Literary Awards:	Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (2004)

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Ratings: 4.13 From 9121 Users | 720 Reviews

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This has to be the best bit of WW1 writing I've experienced so far. I've often maintained that the Great War was the last major conflict in which the combatants regarded the foe with a certain amount of respect and chivalrous conduct. They were equals at arms, with neither side having an ungodly edge in technology, as we see today. Junger was typical of young officers of the time, whether they wore the grey or khaki: he was keen to fight, and did so energetically. His aggressive nature can be

This is probably the cheeriest war memoir ever. While Jünger occasionally remembers to throw in the the requisite "oh the horrors of war" comment, most of the time it is clear he is having a blast. Based on his other hobbies (travel, hunting, joining the French Foreign Legion, dangerous political conversation, taking all available drugs) he seems to have quite the adrenaline junkie. Kind of amazing that he lived to over a hundred. Appearances can be deceiving: this man is totally stealing your

Jünger's account of the brutal fighting on the western front in WWI makes an enlightening contrast with Robert Graves's Goodbye to All That. Graves's account is comic and ironic, while Jünger's writing is almost completely dispassionate, even while describing his friends being torn to shreds by British artillery and sniper fire--an example of the so-called Neue Sachlichkeit applied to trench warfare. It's hard not to see the difference as an expression of a difference in national character

This is an account of one German soldier's experience in World War I. He was wounded at least 11 times, patched up and sent back to the front. Not very interesting, eh? Junger was an extraordinary observer who kept a diary from the first day of the war to its conclusion. His was the first such soldier's account to be published after the war. From that diary he gave us enormous insight. The prose is so much better than one might expect - even his occasional quoting of that diary.The stream poured

War means the destruction of the enemy without scruple and by any means. War is the harshest of all trades, and the masters of it can only entertain humane feelings so long as they do no harm. Ernst Jünger was a born soldier: neither risk-averse nor foolhardy, able to command the loyalty of others and to follow orders without question, able to fight without malice and kill without scruple. These are his captivating memoirs of his service in the First World War.The consensus of posterity

A journey of ups, downs and gore. The war years of Ernst Jünger are filled with gore, drama and bloodshed. Storm of steel really does not hold back when it comes to describing the gore and stark reality of The Great War. Ernst's story consists of rapid rises through the ranks of the Imperial German Army. And the many difficult decisions that follow that cost the life's and save life's of his fellow soldiers. Ernst's journey takes him through the most awful battles of the Great War, The Somme,

Read By: Charlton Griffon Copyright: 2010 Audiobook Copyright: 2010 Genre: HistoryFile Information================ Number of MP3s: 16 Total Duration: 9:42:40Blurb: This classic war memoir, first published in 1920, is based on the author's extensive diaries describing hard combat experienced on the Western Front during World War I. It has been greatly admired by people as diverse as Bertolt Brecht and Andre Gide, and from every part of the political spectrum.Hypnotic, thrilling, and magnificent,