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The Storm of Steel

By Ernst Jünger

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About The Storm of Steel

Ernst Jünger’s World War I memoir draws on his experience on the Western Front. Its historical distance provides a challenging comparison with contemporary accounts of combat.

This companion broadens military literature’s time horizon and invites comparison across generations of military writing.

Why I include it

I include this book for its perspective on historical combat memoir and the experience of war. This companion broadens military literature’s time horizon and invites comparison across generations of military writing.

Author spotlight · Related reading

Elliot Ackerman

This companion broadens military literature’s time horizon and invites comparison across generations of military writing.

What to look for while reading

Attend to the narrator’s language and historical context. Compare what changes across wars with what appears to recur, without assuming the experiences are interchangeable.

Perspective & context

I brought these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Elliot Ackerman: War, Loss & Fictional Futures
  • Historical combat memoir and the experience of war
  • Nonfiction

Praise & Reviews

“The definitive World War I account from the German point of view.”
— Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly

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