Storm of Steel

by Junger, Ernst; Hofmann, Michael; Hofmann, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780142437902
• ISBN10: 0142437905
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-04
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, Storm of Steelilluminates 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 Steelwas a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmann?s brilliant new translation.

Author Biography

Ernst J++nger (1895-û1998) was born in Heidelberg. He ran away from school and volunteered to join the German army. Fighting throughout the war, he recorded his experiences in several books, most famously in In Stahlgewittern (Storm of Steel).

Michael Hofmann has translated the work of Joseph Roth, Herta M++ller, Zo+½ Jenny, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Koeppen, and Franz Kafka.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Bibliography	xxiii
Storm of Steel
In the Chalk Trenches of Champagne	5	(11)
From Bazancourt to Hattonchatel	16	(7)
Les Eparges	23	(11)
Douchy and Monchy	34	(17)
Daily Life in the Trenches	51	(16)
The Beginning of the Battle of the Somme	67	(24)
Guillemont	91	(20)
The Woods of St-Pierre-Vaast	111	(10)
Retreat from the Somme	121	(10)
In the Village of Fresnoy	131	(10)
Against Indian Opposition	141	(15)
Langemarck	156	(24)
Regnieville	180	(12)
Flanders Again	192	(12)
The Double Battle of Cambrai	204	(15)
At the Cojeul River	219	(5)
The Great Battle	224	(33)
British Gains	257	(17)
My Last Assault	274	(9)
We Fight Our Way Through	283