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Title: The Storm of Steel: From the Diary of a German Stormtroop Officer on the Western Front by Ernst Junger, Basil Creighton ISBN: 0-86527-423-1 Publisher: Howard Fertig Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (24 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The View from the Trenches
Comment: The Storm of Steel provides the reader with the view of the Western Front in World War I from the trenches, from the perspective of a young infantry officer and is a classic memoir, at times vividly conveying the experience of trench warfare and close-quarters combat, and should be read or at least referenced by serious students of that era.
The book's only serious limitation is that the author does not perform any analysis and does not give any serious or deep reflection or introspection on his experience with the war. His focus is strictly at the tactical level, and the story is very much his own tale. Although it is clear that he respects his fellow soldiers, he does not provide reflections of the contact or comradery that he must have had with his men or his fellow officers that might have added depth of character to his narrative. As a result, this book gives little insight into the war itself and the men who fought it. For readers who prefer more introspection and commentary in memoirs, they should look elsewhere than The Storm of Steel.
However, the author should not be faulted for a lack of perspective in his memoirs; he thought of himself as a soldier, and he wrote as one after the war. While his writing style is at times detached, sparsely detailing the life of the German soldier in the trenches, at others he writes heart-pounding passages describing intense fights in no-man's land or blind dashes in the dark of night into the enemy's trenches in the effort to take a prisoner.
These parts are where the author excels, as these passages easily make the reader feel like he or she is careening through trenches or stumbling through shellholes.
The Storm of Steel is a memorable book, simple and direct in its language, replete with the mix of candor, nostalgia, compassion, and jingoism common to young men sent to war.
Rating: 5
Summary: Idealization of war
Comment: As other reviews say it is a classic . Two things set it apart in my mind from other war memoirs: firstly the level of detail of action is unsurpassed. Secondly , Jungers implicit cult of the warrior. He was an honourable soldier but he appears to have reveled in the adventure of war, in fact idealized it. Such attitudes had implications for the next generation of young Germans.
Rating: 1
Summary: ignorant in the presence of the lesson
Comment: simply, junger's point of view demonstrates the misguided patriotism (jingoism) that, if not for the post-WWII rebuilding of germany by allied forces, would have virtually annihilated his beloved fatherland forever. isn't it ironic? don't ya think? can anyone say THE WASTELAND? does anyone know where THE WASTELAND comes from? research it. eric maria remarque's, "all quiet on the western front," on the other hand, is an honest ode to the ultimate destination war-seekers reach...that is self-destruction. and if you like "all quiet...," you'll simply love its sequel, "the road back." concerning "the road back," pay close attention to the small group of boys training near the end of the book and the ex-WWI soldiers' comments regarding them...absolutely haunting, keeping in mind that the book was written in 1933.
junger's book isn't useless, of course. it DOES show one how NOT to be, in this world we all share...
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Title: Copse 125: A Chronicle from the Trench Warfare of 1918 by Ernst Junger ISBN: 0865274452 Publisher: Howard Fertig Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell ISBN: 0195133323 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 (Penguin History) by Alistair Horne ISBN: 0140170413 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Good-Bye to All That : An Autobiography by Paul Fussell, Robert Graves ISBN: 0385093306 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 February, 1958 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Company K (Library of Alabama Classics) by William March ISBN: 0817304800 Publisher: Univ. of Alabama Press Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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