Michael Dirda
One closes Storm of Steel with a heavy heart. So many men dead! And, really, for what? Moreover, these were the Huns, the supposedly evil, ruthless enemy, men who in normal life were schoolteachers, factory workers and artists, as well as husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. Yet each faithfully undertook his obligation as a soldier, and each died heroically or foolishly or unfairly. Jünger's great book matter-of-factly conveys the mysterious glamour of war, the exhilaration of its excess and intensity and, not least, the undeniable glory of men bravely preparing for battle as for "some terrible silent ceremonial that portends human sacrifice."
— The Washington Post
From the Publisher
The definitive World War I account from the German point of view.” —Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly
“Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war.” —London Evening Standard
“Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann’s superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original.” —Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization,Colossus, and The Ascent of Money
Library Journal
★ 01/01/2016
An important book for libraries to carry, this is the memoir of a young German soldier in the Great War. Though it is unfairly criticized for "glorifying war," the book maintains that war is an ultimate experience of sorts and one that makes its participants become something extremely human.
