Bibliograph

Storm of steel, Ernst Jünger ; translated with an introduction by Michael Hofmann ; foreword by Karl Marlantes

Type

Label

Storm of steel, Ernst Jünger ; translated with an introduction by Michael Hofmann ; foreword by Karl Marlantes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Storm of steel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921033819

Responsibility statement

Ernst Jünger ; translated with an introduction by Michael Hofmann ; foreword by Karl Marlantes

Summary

Widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in WW1, 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

Table Of Contents

In the chalk trenches of Champagne -- From Bazancourt to Hattonchatel -- Les Eparges -- Douchy and Monchy -- Daily life in the trenches -- The beginning of the Battle of the Somme -- Guillemont -- The woods of St-Pierre-Vaast -- Retreat from the Somme -- In the village of Fresnoy -- Against Indian occupation -- Langemarck -- Regnieville -- Flanders again -- The double Battle of Cambrai -- At the Cojeul River -- The great battle -- British gains -- My last assault -- We fight our way through

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