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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, patri...
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Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Item Description: | "First published in Germany 1920"--Introduction. |
| Carrier Form: | xxx, 288 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780143108252 0143108255 |
| Index Number: | D640 |
| CLC: | K835.165.2 |
| Call Number: | K835.165.2/J953 |
| 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. |