Name: The Storm of Steel
SKU: 54632447
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Author: Ernst Jünger
ISBN: 9789962972266

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ernst Jünger

Publisher

Rt Books

Language

English

Pages

334

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x2.2 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9789962972266

Edited in

Panama

Synopsis "The Storm of Steel"

One of the great war memoirs, a worldwide bestseller published shortly after the end of World War I, 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 Jünger 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, Jünger 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-and a bracing read for fans of Redeployment and American Sniper.

Ernst Jünger

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(Heidelberg, Germany 1895 - Riedlingen, Germany, 1998) Writer, philosopher, soldier, and German historian. Volunteered in World War I, was wounded several times and decorated. In 1923, he began studies in zoology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig and later moved to Berlin, where he began to establish his career as a writer. In 1941, he joined the German high command in Paris, although a year later the Nazi regime banned the publication of his works. The diaries contained in Radiations I and II masterfully reflect the experience of those difficult years. After the war, Jünger combined stays in the small Swabian town of Wilflingen with travels around the world and the writing of a set of novels, essays, and diaries that have made him one of the most lucid, exciting, and controversial witnesses of our time.

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