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, Junger 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, Junger 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.First time in Penguin
ClassicsAcclaimed new translation based on a new authoritative
textWidely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in
World War I
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