One of the great war memoirs, published here in a stunning Deluxe
Edition for the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the
Somme--and featuring a foreword by the New York Times bestselling
author of Matterhorn
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.
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